Fraud: Pharma honcho pushes cancer opioids for patients who don’t have cancer

Chandler, Arizona-based Insys Therapeutics is a specialty pharmaceutical company. Last month, it made headlines when its founder, billionaire John Kapoor, was arrested on federal charges of racketeering conspiracy, fraud, and other felonies.

According to the United States Attorney’s Office District of Massachusetts, Kapoor was charged with “leading a nationwide conspiracy to profit by using bribes and fraud to cause the illegal distribution of a Fentanyl spray intended for cancer patients experiencing breakthrough pain.”

The medication in question, Subsys, is manufactured by Insys. It is considered as a powerful narcotic that should only be used in cases of extreme pain. Kapoor bribed …read more