Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Former sales exec says opioid maker Insys bribed doctors to prescribe drugs

Former sales exec says opioid maker Insys bribed doctors to prescribe drugs 1
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Former sales exec says opioid maker Insys bribed doctors to prescribe drugs 2

The former head of sales for an opioid manufacturer took the stand in federal court here Friday to describe how he followed directions to recruit and bribe doctors for years to increase sales of the company’s highly addictive drug. The testimony of Alec Burlakoff, the former vice president of sales for Insys Therapeutics, closed the fifth week of a trial of five former company executives.

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