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“Opioids, Inc.” tells the within story of how Insys profited from Subsys, a fast-acting fentanyl-based spray that is been linked to tons of of deaths. Techniques included focusing on high-prescribing medical doctors and nurse practitioners often known as “whales,” deceptive insurers, and holding contests for the gross sales group: the upper the prescription doses they received medical doctors to write down, the bigger the money prize — regardless of the hazards to sufferers. However because the documentary traces in unprecedented element, the scheme fell aside: With federal prosecutors utilizing anti-racketeering legal guidelines designed to battle organized crime, Insys grew to become the primary pharmaceutical firm to have its CEO sentenced to jail time in federal court docket in reference to the opioid disaster.
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NOTE: An earlier model of this description misstated the energy of Insys’ painkiller.