Thread by @DrJulienArbor

🚨 This thread provides info about the largest #opioid indictment & settlement in U.S. history whereby Indivior was charged w/ marketing #fraud of #Suboxone. The docs are lengthy but essential reading for all #CPP who have & are being tapered or terminated from their #RxOpioid.

The following is the DOJ announcement of the indictment in April 2019 and had Indivior been found guilty they would have been required to pay $3 BILLION in fines, fees, etc.

justice.gov/opa/pr/indivio…

In July 2019 a settlement agreement of $1.4 BILLION was reached that allowed the parent company of Indivior... manufacturer of #Suboxone (an #RxOpioid used to treat #Addiction and #ChronicPain) to resolve its potential #criminal & #civil liabilities.

justice.gov/opa/pr/justice…

The following link includes the original 47 page indictment and lays out the 28-counts of U.S.A. v Indivior.

justice.gov/opa/press-rele…

This is the DOJs unsealed 166 page Second Amended Complaint indicating that it was intervening in #WhistleblowerLawsuits alleging the company violated the False Claims Act & Anti-Kickback Statute re: sales of #Suboxone & #Subutex. Cases were consolidated.

freepdfhosting.com/18a67366be.pdf

It should also be noted that this indictment came under the Department of Justice Prescription Interdiction & Litigation (PIL) Task Force, to fight the prescription opioid crisis that was created by Jeff Sessions to assist in addressing the #OpioidCrisis

justice.gov/opa/pr/attorne…

All of the above information was obtained from the DOJ website and the following article with special thanks to @Polocabco for bringing to my attention. Additional links to Indivior’s statements can also be obtained in the article. vvv

policymed.com/2019/04/indivi…