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I'm the author of the New York Times Magazine article about Insys

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I apologize if this reposts. If anyone would like to reach me at evanhughes@gmail.com (which would be understandable), please call the New York Times at 212-556-1234 and ask to speak to one of my editors at the magazine section, such as Luke Mitchell. I will soon have a nytimes.com email address. I will not pay for your stories directly nor have I ever. I am not associated with any stock shorting either (so please do not ask).
 




Evan Hughes said:
I apologize if this reposts. If anyone would like to reach me at evanhughes@gmail.com (which would be understandable), please call the New York Times at 212-556-1234 and ask to speak to one of my editors at the magazine section, such as Luke Mitchell. I will soon have a nytimes.com email address. I will not pay for your stories directly nor have I ever. I am not associated with any stock shorting either (so please do not ask).
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This is a more expertly executed troll by someone who is not the author of the article. I enjoyed it. Correcting the record of who I am may get tiresome, however. I should have posted one of those selfies people use for verification for reddit AMAs but I don’t know how that would work in this particular case, oh well. Anyone could also contact Insys spokesman Joe McGrath to verify my contact info.
 








Pretending to be someone else is how these people originally got themselves in trouble.
Phony doctor signatures at speaker programs and also saying that they are from the doctors office when getting approval from insurance.
They still haven’t learned their lesson Evan.
 




Evan,
While you are mired in the muck that is the morally bankrupt executives at Insys, you should consider following up with the equally bankrupt law enforcement officials pursuing them. The egregiously overzealous scare tactics being employed against the innocent or unknowing underlings for plea deals is as disgusting as the overall business plan at Insys. EVERYONE on The Street knew most of the sales reps were hired BECAUSE they had no experience (as much as for what they looked like).

The stories of people's ruined lives from being addicted to painkillers for profits is beyond sad. But our government pretending they care and bulldozing people to get "cooperation" deals in order to score cheap political points is equally as nauseating.

Let me know when your follow-up is due.
 




It is so typical of these self absorbed reps to play the victim. If you’re “innocent” there’s no need for a plea deal.
How can you call the investigators “overzealous”? The wheels of justice are moving way too slow in my opinion.
 




anonymous said:
It is so typical of these self absorbed reps to play the victim. If you’re “innocent” there’s no need for a plea deal.
How can you call the investigators “overzealous”? The wheels of justice are moving way too slow in my opinion.
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Don't plea.. And wait for some rep or doctor to plea and lie about what you did.
Best case: pay $1/2 mil to prove you were innocent. Worst case: pay $ 1/2 mil to get proven guilty.

You clearly don't know what you're talking about.
 




















anonymous said:
Don't plea.. And wait for some rep or doctor to plea and lie about what you did.
Best case: pay $1/2 mil to prove you were innocent. Worst case: pay $ 1/2 mil to get proven guilty.

You clearly don't know what you're talking about.
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I don’t know. This post appears to be from someone who is worried about going to prison.
 




anonymous said:
I don’t know. This post appears to be from someone who is worried about going to prison.
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Let me help you navigate how message boards work.
People post items. Then other people (or trolls) comment. Then people respond to items.

The quote you referred to, was in response to a response. If you see my original post, it hardly seems like someone who would have worked there or has done anything illegal:

"While you are mired in the muck that is the morally bankrupt executives at Insys, you should consider following up with the equally bankrupt law enforcement officials pursuing them. The egregiously overzealous scare tactics being employed against the innocent or unknowing underlings for plea deals is as disgusting as the overall business plan at Insys. EVERYONE on The Street knew most of the sales reps were hired BECAUSE they had no experience (as much as for what they looked like).

The stories of people's ruined lives from being addicted to painkillers for profits is beyond sad. But our government pretending they care and bulldozing people to get "cooperation" deals in order to score cheap political points is equally as nauseating."

So, no, I am not worried about going to jail (for this). But, trust me, if the government wants to ruin they can whether you did something wrong or not. Of course, it's nothing to worry about if you have a few million for lawyers. And, in reality, this is a lot scarier than some drug reps flirting with doctors or paying them for "speaker programs" to get them to use one drug over another - a business model which has MANY varying shades of grey and is employed at some level everywhere.
 




The prisons are filled with innocent people. Am I right?

And thanks for informing me on how message boards work. I’m sure you’ll be the smartest person in jail. Oh wait...you never worked here.
 




anonymous said:
The prisons are filled with innocent people. Am I right?

And thanks for informing me on how message boards work. I’m sure you’ll be the smartest person in jail. Oh wait...you never worked here.
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You’re welcome.
You are aware you said “you never worked HERE”.
Correct. I never worked at THERE (Insys). But you obviously do - because you refer to it as HERE. That tells me everything I need to know.

With people like you still there, I fear I may have covered my short too soon.
 




OK Folks. Everyone calm down. You likely have already been heard, recorded and/or seen. If that amounts to anything of concern, is something only you (and the Feds) know. Proclaiming your innocence or declaring someone else's guilt is just silly. The truth is out there. You are either chasing it or it is chasing you. Perspective is everything.

I have been a "board member" for quite sometime. I know many of you, as you have frequently (inadvertently) revealed yourselves. There are no happy people here. Plenty of anger, an astonishing amount of denial and an equally impressive amount of rationalization. A few are shocked, some are entertained. Me? None of the above. Just heartbroken, and apparently invisible.
 




Evan Hughes said:
I am the journalist who wrote the NYT Magazine article about Insys that has been published online and will appear in the print magazine this Sunday: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/02/magazine/money-issue-insys-opioids-kickbacks.html. I plan to keep reporting on this story and welcome feedback. If you feel there is missing information or context I should know about or have something to add, I'd love to hear about it. If you think I got things wrong, I'd like to know that too. If you would like to communicate off the record or on background, that is of course an option. I can be reached at evanhughes@gmail.com and by phone -- or by iMessage/Signal/text -- at 917-538-3096. —Evan Hughes
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Evan Hughes, NY Times Journalist, why haven’t you or any of your colleagues in media or print EXPOSED Purdue Pharmaceuticals as the original and longest-running drug kingpins in the opioid epidemic? Why has three plus decades past wherein this privately held multi billion dollar manufacturer of OxyContin that spent millions to market PAIN as a vital sign and millions more to persuade physicians to prescribe inordinate amounts of pills to patients bypassed as a company to headline The NY Times? If there are approximately 29,000 deaths reported in the recent year to opioid overdose- the egregiously highest percentage of which is OXYCODONE- then why, Evan Hughes, are you not investigating the longstanding relationships between Lobbyists and Purdue Executives, Manage Care Plans and Purdue Managed Markets, and Government Officials and Purdue Founders? INSYS Therapeutics is no doubt guilty for illegal marketing and kickbacks that have been exposed over the last several years, an obviously major crime since Medicare fraud involves the Government, but EXPONENTIALLY, the ubiquitous OxyContin, the pernicious growth of abuse fueled by PRIVATELY HELD PURDUE has debilitated the US society and economy more than any pharmaceutical company to date. Thousands are dead because of this extended release and that multipled into countless overseas generic imitations sold on the black market.

Why, Evan Hughes, are you looking for smoke in an old campfire when there’s an erupting volcano in the same valley?

Thank you and to all for serious replies.
 




You sound like a spoiled child, “Why are you picking on me? Look at them!”
Why do you know so much about Purdue and the Sackler family? Perhaps because this story has been reported to death?
How many people know about Kapoor and Insys? Not many - Not until tomorrow anyway.
 




anonymous said:
Evan Hughes, NY Times Journalist, why haven’t you or any of your colleagues in media or print EXPOSED Purdue Pharmaceuticals as the original and longest-running drug kingpins in the opioid epidemic? Why has three plus decades past wherein this privately held multi billion dollar manufacturer of OxyContin that spent millions to market PAIN as a vital sign and millions more to persuade physicians to prescribe inordinate amounts of pills to patients bypassed as a company to headline The NY Times? If there are approximately 29,000 deaths reported in the recent year to opioid overdose- the egregiously highest percentage of which is OXYCODONE- then why, Evan Hughes, are you not investigating the longstanding relationships between Lobbyists and Purdue Executives, Manage Care Plans and Purdue Managed Markets, and Government Officials and Purdue Founders? INSYS Therapeutics is no doubt guilty for illegal marketing and kickbacks that have been exposed over the last several years, an obviously major crime since Medicare fraud involves the Government, but EXPONENTIALLY, the ubiquitous OxyContin, the pernicious growth of abuse fueled by PRIVATELY HELD PURDUE has debilitated the US society and economy more than any pharmaceutical company to date. Thousands are dead because of this extended release and that multipled into countless overseas generic imitations sold on the black market.

Why, Evan Hughes, are you looking for smoke in an old campfire when there’s an erupting volcano in the same valley?

Thank you and to all for serious replies.
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