Another opioid exec heads to prison, as DOJ continues case against Indivior

Another opioid exec heads to prison, as DOJ continues case against Indivior

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The Justice Department’s years-long battle with Indivior has arrived at a rare place: the jailing of a pharmaceutical executive.

A US district court sentenced long-running Indivior CEO Shaun Thaxter to 6 months in federal prison for his role in company efforts to mislead a major healthcare provider about the safety and abusability of their opioid addiction drug Suboxone, which generated billions in revenue over the last decade. Thaxter joins former Insys CEO John Kapoor as one of the only two executives to face prison time for their roles in the opioid epidemic.