New York (AFP) – A group of pharmaceutical companies and distributors agreed to pay $590 million to settle lawsuits connected to opioid addiction among US Native American tribes, according to a US court filing Tuesday. The companies include Johnson & Johnson and McKesson, according to a filing by the plaintiff’s committee in US District Court in Ohio. The settlement is separate from a prior agreement that resulted in $75 million in payments to the Cherokee Nation from three of the companies. The agreement is the latest in the wake of the US opioid crisis, which has claimed more than 500,000 …