Skip to main content

In opioid trial, pharmaceutical executive John Kapoor sentenced to 5.5 years

By WGBH  
   January 23, 2020

Former billionaire and pharmaceutical executive John Kapoor was sentenced to five and a half years in prison on Thursday. His sentencing is the culmination of a months-long criminal trial in Boston’s Moakley Federal Court that resulted in the first successful prosecution of pharmaceutical executives tied to the opioid epidemic.

Full story


Get the latest on healthcare leadership in your inbox.