May 06, 2019
Jury Convicts Opiod Maker
Timothy Birdnow
A jury in Boston has convicted a drug company owner in the opioid witch hunt.
According to the BBC:
So he tried to increase sales of his legal narcotic by paying doctors to prescribe it. That is standard operating procedure for most drug manufacturers for all of their products. It's SOP for other products, too; do you ever wonder why the big name brands hold so much shelf space? They pay grocers to give them that space - and keep the smaller competitors out. That's the reason why you rarely see home-town products anymore. Take St. Louis; we had a bunch of home-town products -- Malls barbeque sauce, Reverino and Freschi pasta, Vess soda, etc. You can't find them anymore because the big brands have simply purchased them out of existence. It's the way business is done. these days.
The article continues:
Well, gee; they're disappointed. I guess so; they likely followed the law in all ways but still wound up being convicted. America has become a vindictive society. We always have to find someone to blame, some place to point a finger. That the government was in no small way involved in the opioid epidemic by changing guidelines and promoting pain killers based on dubious science - which the government controls through their monopoly on research, seems not to matter All you have to do is file in the right jurisdiction and you can open the doors for big, big money lawsuits. That is what this verdict will accomplish.
And it makes our Progressive friends feel good to punish somebody making money. They always like that.
Punish drug makers and people will stop making drugs. What are you going to do then? And if you've ever been in REAL pain and needed a strong pain killer you know ibuprofin isn't going to do it. But now many people in chronic pain are going to suffer for the greed of the trial lawyers and the incompetence of government.
Enjoy!
A jury in Boston has convicted a drug company owner in the opioid witch hunt.
According to the BBC:
The founder of Insys Therapeutics John Kapoor has become the first pharmaceutical boss to be convicted in a case linked to the US opioid crisis.
A Boston jury found Kapoor and four colleagues conspired to bribe doctors to prescribe addictive painkillers, often to patients who didn't need them.
The former billionaire was found guilty of racketeering conspiracy for his role in a scheme which also misled insurers.
A Boston jury found Kapoor and four colleagues conspired to bribe doctors to prescribe addictive painkillers, often to patients who didn't need them.
The former billionaire was found guilty of racketeering conspiracy for his role in a scheme which also misled insurers.
So he tried to increase sales of his legal narcotic by paying doctors to prescribe it. That is standard operating procedure for most drug manufacturers for all of their products. It's SOP for other products, too; do you ever wonder why the big name brands hold so much shelf space? They pay grocers to give them that space - and keep the smaller competitors out. That's the reason why you rarely see home-town products anymore. Take St. Louis; we had a bunch of home-town products -- Malls barbeque sauce, Reverino and Freschi pasta, Vess soda, etc. You can't find them anymore because the big brands have simply purchased them out of existence. It's the way business is done. these days.
The article continues:
Kapoor and his co-defendants - Michael Gurry, Richard Simon, Sunrise Lee and Joseph Rowan - face up to 20 years in prison.
A statement from Kapoor's lawyer said he was "disappointed" with the verdict. The men had denied the charges and have indicated that they plan to appeal.
A statement from Kapoor's lawyer said he was "disappointed" with the verdict. The men had denied the charges and have indicated that they plan to appeal.
Well, gee; they're disappointed. I guess so; they likely followed the law in all ways but still wound up being convicted. America has become a vindictive society. We always have to find someone to blame, some place to point a finger. That the government was in no small way involved in the opioid epidemic by changing guidelines and promoting pain killers based on dubious science - which the government controls through their monopoly on research, seems not to matter All you have to do is file in the right jurisdiction and you can open the doors for big, big money lawsuits. That is what this verdict will accomplish.
And it makes our Progressive friends feel good to punish somebody making money. They always like that.
Punish drug makers and people will stop making drugs. What are you going to do then? And if you've ever been in REAL pain and needed a strong pain killer you know ibuprofin isn't going to do it. But now many people in chronic pain are going to suffer for the greed of the trial lawyers and the incompetence of government.
Enjoy!
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