FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Attorney General Jack Conway has recovered nearly $2.3 million for the Kentucky Medicaid program in a settlement with Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Aventis Behring LLC.

Conway announced the settlement on Tuesday.

It was the latest in 17 settlements in lawsuits against some of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical companies in a dispute over whether the firms overcharged the Medicaid program for prescription drugs for the state’s elderly, poor and disabled.

Since 2008, the attorney general’s office has recovered nearly $235 million in legal settlements for the state and federal Medicaid programs.