Pharma Sales Rep Pleads Guilty to Opioid Bribery Charges
The guilty plea comes as the state continues to pursue litigation against Insys Therapeutics Inc., the Arizona-based pharmaceutical company that has become the central target of the state's efforts to combat opioid abuse.
May 31, 2018 at 10:03 AM
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A sales representative for Insys Therapeutics Inc., the opioid maker that has been the subject of mounting litigation of late, pleaded guilty in New Jersey on Wednesday to her part in an alleged scheme in which doctors were bribed to increase off-label prescriptions of painkiller Subsys.
The guilty plea comes as the state continues to pursue litigation against the Arizona-based pharmaceutical company, which has become the central target of the state's efforts to combat opioid abuse.
Michelle Breitenbach, 38, of Middletown, a New Jersey-based sales rep for the company, pleaded guilty before Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Benjamin Bucca Jr. to a second-degree charge of conspiracy to commit commercial bribery, according to the Attorney General's Office.
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