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New Hampshire physician assistant guilty of Insys opioid kickback scheme
Source: Reuters
HEALTH NEWS DECEMBER 18, 2018 / 2:47 PM / UPDATED 21 HOURS AGO
New Hampshire physician assistant guilty of Insys opioid kickback scheme
Nate Raymond
3 MIN READ
(Reuters) - A former physician assistant in New Hampshire was convicted on Tuesday of charges that he accepted nearly $50,000 in kickbacks from Insys Therapeutics Inc (INSY.O) in exchange for prescribing its addictive fentanyl spray.
A federal jury in Concord, New Hampshire, found Christopher Clough, 45, guilty of all charges he faced in a case that stemmed from a years-long investigation into the Arizona company’s efforts to promote its opioid medication Subsys.
Clough is scheduled to be sentenced on March 29. Patrick Richard, Clough’s lawyer, said he is evaluating his options, including an appeal.
The verdict came a month before six former Insys executives and managers including John Kapoor, a onetime billionaire who was its founder and chairman, face trial on charges that they conspired to bribe medical practitioners to prescribe Subsys.
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New Hampshire physician assistant guilty of Insys opioid kickback scheme
Nate Raymond
3 MIN READ
(Reuters) - A former physician assistant in New Hampshire was convicted on Tuesday of charges that he accepted nearly $50,000 in kickbacks from Insys Therapeutics Inc (INSY.O) in exchange for prescribing its addictive fentanyl spray.
A federal jury in Concord, New Hampshire, found Christopher Clough, 45, guilty of all charges he faced in a case that stemmed from a years-long investigation into the Arizona company’s efforts to promote its opioid medication Subsys.
Clough is scheduled to be sentenced on March 29. Patrick Richard, Clough’s lawyer, said he is evaluating his options, including an appeal.
The verdict came a month before six former Insys executives and managers including John Kapoor, a onetime billionaire who was its founder and chairman, face trial on charges that they conspired to bribe medical practitioners to prescribe Subsys.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-insys-opioids/new-hampshire-physician-assistant-guilty-of-insys-opioid-kickback-scheme-idUSKBN1OH29U