The Hard Sell: Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Startup

The Inside Story of a Group of Upstart Entrepreneurs Who Made Millions Selling Painkillers

A gripping documentary about the meteoric rise and dramatic fall of the pharmaceutical company Insys Therapeutics. Author Evan Hughes details how ambitious immigrant scientist John Kapoor, eager to get rich quick, created a company that became a Wall Street sensation but later found itself at the center of a high-profile criminal trial over its unethical and illegal methods of promoting an opioid drug.

The book reveals the mechanisms of the pharmaceutical business and sheds light on the corruption schemes that led to the massive opioid crisis in the United States. Hughes draws on interviews with former Insys employees, court documents, and internal company documents to create a shocking portrait of corporate greed that disregarded moral or legal boundaries.

You will be able to immerse yourself in the story of ambitious managers who are ready to do anything for bonuses, doctors who succumbed to pressure to prescribe dangerous drugs, and victims - ordinary people whose lives were ruined by the company's aggressive marketing policy. "The Pain Sellers" is not only an exposure of a single scandal, but also a stark warning about what happens when profit becomes more important than human lives.