Phillips & Cohen Law Firm Represents Whistleblower Against Cephalon
“Most people who become whistleblowers do so because their personal moral compass demands that they speak up and try to stop the wrongs they see...Bruce Boise is that kind of whistleblower and more." - Peter Chatfield, partner at Phillips & Cohen LLP
Pharmaceutical whistleblower and author of Cold Comfort tells his story
Egberto Willies from Politics Done Right interviews Bruce about his path to whistleblowing against Big Pharma. Catch the podcast here.
July 9, 2020
AP
“New peak of 71K US overdose deaths in 2019 dashes hopes”
Nearly 71,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, a new record that predates the COVID-19 crisis, which the White House and many experts believe will drive such deaths even higher.
Preliminary numbers released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show the trend is driven by fentanyl and similar synthetic opioids, which accounted for 36,500 overdose deaths. Deaths involving cocaine and methamphetamine also are rising.
60 Minutes “The Opioid Playbook”
60 Minutes investigates the playbook of sales practices by Cephalon and Insys that triggered an explosion of prescriptions. Pharmaceutical executives face prison time for racketeering, after breaking FDA laws, enticing doctors to boost opioid sales.
June 21, 2020
Whistleblower exposes illegal marketing of opioid lollipops
In tonight's season finale of "Whistleblower," a pharmaceutical salesman goes undercover to expose his company for illegally marketing an addictive cancer drug. Host Alex Ferrer joined CBSN with a preview. "Whistleblower: Opioid Lollipops: The Case Against Cephalon" aired on June 28, 2019 at 8/7c on CBS.
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CBS This Morning
A pharmaceutical salesman went undercover to expose his company for illegally marketing an addictive cancer drug. Bruce Boise was tasked with promoting Actiq.
"Whistleblower: Opioid Lollipops: The Case Against Cephalon" aired on June 28, 2019 at 8/7c on CBS.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Opioids
John Oliver discusses the extent and root of the nation's epidemic of opioid addiction. Cephalon among other pharmaceutical companies such as Purdue and Insys are attributed to causing the epidemic. All three have paid multimillion dollar fines to the US government.
The “Opioids” episode aired October 23, 2016 on HBO.