Billionaire pharmaceuticals entrepreneur John N. Kapoor was arrested by federal agents at his Phoenix home and charged with leading a nationwide criminal conspiracy to illegally distribute an addictive prescription painkiller—the highest ranking former executive of Insys Therapeutics Inc. to be charged in a long-running investigation. Dr. Kapoor, who co-founded Insys and served as its chief executive until earlier this year, was charged by federal prosecutors with participating in an alleged conspiracy to bribe doctors to...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 26, 2017 19:18 UTC