“Charged With A Crime For Doing His Job": Valeant Duo Fights Back

Lawyers representing Andy Davenport and Gary Tanner, the two executives arrested Thursday and charged with “engaging in a multimillion-dollar fraud and kickback scheme,” said the two will prove their innocence.

The lawyer representing Andy Davenport — the CEO of Philidor, the secret pharmacy whose discovery led to a crisis at Valeant Pharmaceuticals — said Thursday that his client will “vigorously defend himself.”

And the lawyer representing Gary Tanner, a former Valeant executive who went on to work for Philidor, said that Tanner had been “charged with a crime for doing his job.”

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