BOSTON (AP) — The former chief executive of a company that produces a potentially addictive fentanyl spray pleaded guilty Wednesday to scheming with his colleagues to bribe doctors into increasing prescriptions to boost sales. Former Insys Therapeutics CEO Michael Babich also agreed to cooperate with federal...
by Jessica Stringfield, WKRCThree arrested for outstanding warrants, possession of fentanyl, meth (Butler County Sheriff's Office)CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Three people were arrested Jan. 8 on outstanding warrants and drug possession. During the traffic stop at Park Ave. and F St. in Hamilton, Butler County Police...
U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier sentenced Anthony John Tozer, 33, on Tuesday in Fargo to 300 months in confinement after pleading guilty to a controlled substance crime that resulted in the death of Faith Burns, a 20-year-old woman who died Dec. 17, 2017, after ingesting...
BOSTON (Reuters) - The former chief executive of Insys Therapeutics Inc pleaded guilty on Wednesday to engaging in a scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe an addictive opioid medication and has agreed to become a government witness. FILE PHOTO: A box of the Fentanyl-based drug...
A new software system for smartphones can quickly and unobtrusively detect early signs of opioid overdoses, according to a new study. The software successfully identified respiratory depression (a hallmark symptom of overdose) in opioid users in an injection facility and during simulated overdoses (mimicked by...
Here’s what the president said, and how it stacks up against the facts.“The federal government remains shut down for one reason and one reason only: because Democrats will not fund border security.”False.Democrats have offered $1.3 billion in funding for border security measures like enhanced surveillance...
U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier sentenced Anthony John Tozer, 33, on Tuesday in Fargo to 300 months behind bars after pleading guilty to a controlled substance crime that resulted in the death of Faith Burns, a 20-year-old woman who died Dec. 17, 2017, after ingesting...
BOSTON (Reuters) - The former chief executive of Insys Therapeutics Inc is expected on Wednesday to plead guilty to participating in a scheme to pay doctors bribes in exchange for prescribing an addictive opioid medication. FILE PHOTO: A box of the Fentanyl-based drug Subsys, made...