The former vice president of a pharmaceutical company was sentenced to 33 months for pushing unnecessary opioid prescriptions

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The former vice president of a pharmaceutical company was sentenced to almost three years for pushing doctors to prescribe unnecessary opioids on patients, the US Attorney's Office says.

Michael Gurry, 56, of Scottsdale, Arizona, was sentenced to 33 months plus three years of supervised release for his role in a conspiracy to bribe medical practitioners to prescribe Subsys, a powerful fentanyl-based medication, the release said.Gurry is one of five employees of Insys Therapeutics convicted of racketeering conspiracy in the scheme.

He told employees of that center to misrepresent themselves as employees of the prescribing office in order to obtain prior authorization of payment from insurance companies and pharmacy benefit managers.Read MoreGurry authorized employees to use a script, referred to in the release as"the spiel" in order to trick insurers into thinking the patient had been prescribed Subsys for the treatment of breakthrough cancer pain, the release said.

 

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'Michael Gurry, 56, of Scottsdale, Arizona, was sentenced to 33 months plus three years of supervised release' The Supervised Release Program reduces the number of people held in jail simply because they cannot afford bail. Translation: Money gets you out. Vote BernieSanders

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Let us investigate ALL marketing by drug companies to doctors!

Just 3? How many years other drug traffickers got? I should be surprised at this anymore. I think i should accept the peeking justice.

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