Opioids, Inc. (full documentary) | FRONTLINE

Summary by Krater

This documentary investigates Insys Therapeutics and its founder John Kapoor, examining how aggressive marketing of the powerful fentanyl spray Subsys contributed to the opioid crisis and led to historic criminal convictions.

From the video

Answers: How did Insys Therapeutics and John Kapoor drive the opioid crisis?

• Opioid crisis and pharmaceutical corruption
• Insys Therapeutics and Subsys marketing practices
• John Kapoor and executive criminal trial
• Federal investigations and healthcare fraud prosecutions

What it concludes

• Insys Therapeutics founder John Kapoor was arrested and charged with conspiracy for a widespread scheme involving massive prescription volumes of dangerous opioids.
• Insys employed aggressive tactics such as bribing physicians through speaker programs and paying for unnecessary high-dose prescriptions to boost company profits.
• Former Insys sales executives and representatives testified about a toxic sales culture centered entirely on increasing prescriptions regardless of patient needs.
• A jury delivered an unprecedented guilty verdict against John Kapoor and four Insys senior executives for racketeering and bribery related to the opioid epidemic.