Mes: agosto 2019

For the first time ever, U.S. attorneys say they have successfully prosecuted a top pharmaceutical executive in the government’s fight against opioids. A federal jury on Thursday convicted Insys Therapeutics founder John Kapoor and four other former executives of the company. Prosecutors accused them of bribing doctors to prescribe a highly addictive fentanyl spray – called Subsys. One-time billionaire Kapoor was once one of the country’s biggest pharmaceutical executives. Thursday’s verdict is a sign of the government’s mounting efforts to hold drugmakers and 베트맨 distributors accountable for the nationwide opioid crisis. Among the pieces of evidence presented during the 10-week trial: a five-minute video promoting the fentanyl spray Subsys, featuring an Insys company salesman rapping about prescribing higher drug doses using a process known as “titration.” Prosecutors say the video was just one of the dubious tactics Insys used to boost profits which also included bribing doctors by paying them for sham speaking engagements. In 2017, CBS News learned Insys made 18,000 payments to doctors in 2016 totaling more than $2 million. Michael Canty, a former federal prosecutor who has advised states on suing opioid companies, said the prosecution’s case had “very good evidence.” “I think that this will send a message to other prosecutors that, look, these are cases that can be brought. If you have the evidence and you can put it before a jury, there’s hope...

(CBS/AP) KABUL, Afghanistan The Taliban claimed responsibility on Saturday for an attack against a sprawling British base in southern Afghanistan that killed two U.S. Marines and wounded several other troops, saying it was to avenge an anti-Islamic film that insulted the Prophet Muhammad, and because Britain’s Prince Harry is serving there. Taliban spokesman Kari Yousef Ahmed told CBS News the primary motive for the attack was the film, 하이 로우 but the base was picked as the place to attack because of Prince Harry’s presence there. The U.S.-led NATO coalition said in a statement that the overnight attack focused on Camp Bastion, a huge British base adjacent to Camp Leatherneck, which houses U.S. Marine operations in southern Helmand province. “We attacked that base because Prince Harry was also on it and so they can know our anger,” Taliban spokesman Qari Youssef Ahmadi told The Associated Press by telephone. He added, “Thousands more suicide attackers are ready to give up their lives for the sake of the Prophet.” Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne, is based at Camp Bastion. A spokesperson for Britain’s Ministry of Defense told the AP he was unharmed in the attack which, according to Britain’s Press Association, took place a mile from the section of the complex where the prince was located. The official spoke on condition of anonymity, in line with government...

(CBS/AP) TORONTO – The Toronto International Film Festival, one of the world’s top cinema showcases and a prelude for contenders at the Academy Awards, will have a broader vibe than usual this year. Stars such as George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams, Glenn Close, Robert De Niro and Viggo Mortensen are on the guest list for the 11-day festival that opens Thursday with an unusually heavy emphasis on music and documentaries. Fall film previewSpecial section: Awards season Pitt is on hand for the premiere of “Moneyball,” a film he has been trying to bring to the screen for years as both star and producer. Directed by Bennett Miller (“Capote”), “Moneyball” casts Pitt as Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane, who rebuilt his team on a shoestring budget applying a fresh statistical approach to find under-appreciated players. “Baseball had relied on a form of statistics that just hadn’t been questioned, and this discovery that had been around for 30 years but had been dismissed showed that there’s much more to it,” Pitt said. “There’s a lot of talented people out there who aren’t being used.” Pitt’s “Ocean’s Eleven” pal Clooney stars in two Toronto films, the family drama “The Descendants” from director Alexander Payne (“Sideways”) and his own latest directing effort, the political saga “The Ides of March,” in which he plays a presidential candidate opposite Ryan Gosling...