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New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal Jan. 21 announced an anticipated $5 million settlement with Insys Therapeutics Inc. founder John N. Kapoor to resolve allegations that Kapoor unlawfully orchestrated the payment of bribes to New Jersey doctors as part of a nationwide kickback scheme to boost sales of the companyâs flagship opioid drug Subsys.
After the state is reimbursed costs from the lawsuit, most of the recovery will be used to fund the stateâs efforts to combat the opioid epidemic. The remainder will be divided among state agencies affected by the alleged fraudulent scheme, as required by law, according to the attorney generalâs news release.