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DEAL - Insys Therapeutics has agreed to pay $225 million to resolve civil and criminal actions brought by the DOJ over alleged kickbacks and marketing of its opioid painkiller, Amanda Bronstad reports. Under the deal, announced on Wednesday, Insys agreed to pay $195 million to settle allegations in five separate whistleblower lawsuits that it violated the False Claims Act. Its operating subsidiary also will plead guilty to five counts of mail fraud and pay a $2 million fine and $28 million in forfeiture.
