Just five days after agreeing to pay 225 million dollars to settle the federal government’s criminal and civil case, opioid manufacturer Insys Therapeutics filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, putting the actual dollar amount the government receives from the company in jeopardy. Why Did Insys Settle the Case? The federal government accused Insys of bribing
Last week, a federal jury found executives at a large opioid manufacturer, Insys Therapeutics guilty of bribing doctors to prescribe their fentanyl-based painkiller, Subsys, among other crimes including criminal racketeering. John Kapoor, the company’s founder, was found guilty alongside four other executives. Richard Simon, the former national director of sales; Sunrise Lee, former regional sales
When doctors were invited out to just one dinner with only one opioid vendor, they were more likely to prescribe opioids; a new study revealed this week. According to Forbes, the average salary of a medical doctor in the United States in 2014 was $189,000. However, it appears that a “dinner date” was simple enough
