Former Insys CEO to plead guilty in opioid kickback case

[yortsed snacilbuper]

The former chief executive of Insys Therapeutics Inc is expected on Wednesday to plead guilty to participating in a scheme to pay doctors bribes in exchange for prescribing an addictive opioid medication.

Michael Babich, who resigned as the Arizona-based drugmaker's CEO in 2015, is scheduled to appear in federal court in Boston and plead guilty to conspiracy and mail fraud charges, according to court papers.

His plea comes weeks before a five former Insys executives and managers including John Kapoor, the company’s founder and former chairman, are scheduled to face trial over what prosecutors said was their roles in the wide-ranging scheme.

The case centers on Subsys, Insys' under-the-tongue spray for managing severe pain in cancer patients. It contains fentanyl, an opioid 100 times stronger than morphine.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/former-insys-ceo-to-plead-guilty-in-opioid-kickback-case/ar-BBS0yOu?ocid=spartanntp

[democratisphere]

1. Big Pharma executive management is the lowest form of human scum.

[dalton99a]

2. +1. It's literally mass murder for profit

[democratisphere]

4. Well said dalton99a!

[Autumn]

3. The government should seize this company and their assets like they do small time drug dealers.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

5. I'm sure it'll go down something like this:

(Graphic warning for animal lovers)

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