A federal jury in Boston on Thursday convicted five former executives and managers of Insys Therapeutics Inc., including co-founder and onetime billionaire John N. Kapoor, of engaging in a racketeering conspiracy designed to boost profits from the company’s prescription opioid drug. The guilty verdict follows a monthslong criminal trial that was the most high-profile prosecution to-date of pharmaceutical executives for their role in the nation’s opioid-addiction crisis. Each of the former Insys employees, who will be sentenced...

Source: Wall Street Journal May 02, 2019 19:30 UTC