Opioid Maker Agrees to Pay $225 Million to Settle Federal Probes

Opioid Maker Agrees to Pay $225 Million to Settle Federal Probes
John Kapoor, the billionaire founder of Insys Therapeutics Inc., leaves the federal courthouse during the trial accusing Insys executives of a wide-ranging scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe an addictive opioid medication, in Boston, Mass., on March 13, 2019. Brian Snyder/Reuters
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WASHINGTON—An opioid manufacturer has agreed to pay $225 million to resolve federal investigations into allegations that it paid kickbacks and used other illegal marketing tactics to sell a powerful fentanyl spray, authorities said Wednesday, June 11.

The settlement stems from criminal and civil probes into Insys Therapeutics Inc.’s scheme to pay doctors in exchange for prescriptions of the drug meant for cancer patients with severe pain.

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