An Opioid Spray Showered Billionaire John Kapoor In Riches. Now He's Feeling The Pain
On Mar. 25, 2016 Sarah Fuller, 32, was supposed to drop her mother’s car at the shop. Her mom called at 8 a.m. to make sure her daughter was up. She got Sarah’s fiancé. He found Sarah in her room, motionless, with her face on the floor. She was dead. The medical examiner implicated two drugs Sarah had been prescribed: Xanax, for anxiety, and Subsys, the fastest-acting form of fentanyl, among the most potent narcotics known to medicine. The combination was dangerous, but Sarah’s family blames Subsys and its maker, Insys Therapeutics, for her death and plans to sue. “They obviously had no regard for human life,” says Debbie Fuller, Sarah’s mother. “In order for them to make the bottom line bigger, people have to die for it.”
Subsys is the brainchild of John Kapoor, 73, one of the most successful pharmaceutical entrepreneurs in America and the founder, chairman and chief executive of Insys. Kapoor is worth $2.1 billion, and his Insys shares represent $650 million of his net worth. The company’s stock is up 296% since its 2013 IPO.
Subsys is the brainchild of John Kapoor, 73, one of the most successful pharmaceutical entrepreneurs in America and the founder, chairman and chief executive of Insys. Kapoor is worth $2.1 billion, and his Insys shares represent $650 million of his net worth. The company’s stock is up 296% since its 2013 IPO.