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Opioids, Inc.

Frontline · Season 2020 · Episode 13
The story of a drug company that pushed opioids by bribing doctors and committing insurance fraud. With the Financial Times, FRONTLINE investigates how Insys Therapeutics profited from a fentanyl-based painkiller 50 times stronger than heroin.

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Season
2020
Episode
13
Air Date
23/Jun/2020
Air Time
22:00
Runtime
60 min

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The story of a drug company that pushed opioids by bribing doctors and committing insurance fraud. With the Financial Times, FRONTLINE investigates how Insys Therapeutics profited from a fentanyl-based painkiller 50 times stronger than heroin.

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