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Drug firm founder pleads not guilty to opioid bribe scheme

By Associated PressNov. 16, 2017

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Insys Therapeutics founder John Kapoor Ross D. Franklin/AP

 

BOSTON — A pharmaceutical company founder accused of leading a conspiracy to bribe doctors to prescribe a powerful opioid pain medication will fight the charges against him and believes he will be vindicated, his attorney said Thursday.

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