Pain hustlers
Hughes, Evan, 1975-2023
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In the early 2000s, John Kapoor had already amassed a small fortune in pharmaceuticals when he founded Insys Therapeutics. A boom time for painkillers, he had developed a novel formulation of fentanyl, the most potent opioid on the market. Kapoor, a brilliant scientist with relentless business instincts, was eager to make the most of his innovation. But there was a problem: the drug was a niche product, approved only for cancer patients in dire condition. So he recruited an ambitious, persuasive team, who employed a variety of deceptive techniques, from zeroing in on suspect doctors, to falsifying patient records to deceiving insurance companies. Insys became a Wall Street sensation. That is, until insiders reached their breaking point and blew the whistle. They sparked a sprawling investigation that would lead to a dramatic courtroom battle.
Main title:
Pain hustlers / Evan Hughes.
Author:
Hughes, Evan, 1975-, author
Imprint:
London : Picador, 2023.
Collation:
273 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: as The hard sell. New York: Doubleday, 2022.
ISBN:
9781035034512 (pbk)
Dewey class:
338.476153338.4761338.476
LC class:
HD9675.O644
Language:
English
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BRN:
3616730
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