The Hard Sell: Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Startup Hughes Evan
The blistering inside story of a startup that made millions pushing opioids--until its cutthroat tactics were exposed and its executives put behind barsJohn Kapoor had amassed a small fortune in…
Specifikacia The Hard Sell: Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Startup Hughes Evan
The blistering inside story of a startup that made millions pushing opioids--until its cutthroat tactics were exposed and its executives put behind barsJohn Kapoor had amassed a small fortune in pharmaceuticals when he conceived of a new product. It was the 2000s, and opioids were big business. If Kapoor, an immigrant and the billionaire founder of Insys, could find a new way to administer the highly potent fentanyl, he could patent his invention and sell it to those in need--at a steep price.The only problem: There weren't enough people in need. Kapoor's drug was approved for breakthrough cancer pain. If Subsys was going to turn a profit, the company would need to persuade doctors to prescribe it "off-label," for other, lesser forms of pain.This is the story of how Insys turned a niche drug into big business. With executives leading the charge, Insys sales