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Sep 12, 2023 · Pain Hustlers began as a 2018 article for the New York Times Magazine by Evan Hughes, chronicling the travails of Insys, founded by billionaire John Kapoor. Insys produced...
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Pain Hustlers is a 2023 American crime comedy film co-produced and directed by David Yates from a screenplay by Wells Tower, based on the 2022 book of the same name by Evan Hughes. [3] [4] The film is loosely based on the activities of the real world company Insys Therapeutics and their role in the US opioid crisis.
Oct 31, 2023 · Yes. A fentanyl-based drug company did face consequences in real life for peddling through "speaker programs." The film was inspired by a 2018 New York Times Magazine article that writer Evan...
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Oct 27, 2023 · The seed of the film began with a 2018 investigative article by Evan Hughes for the New York Times Magazine about Insys, a company founded by billionaire John Kapoor. Kapoor promoted the opioid...
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Oct 27, 2023 · A Pain Hustlers fact check reveals that the real-life medication created by Insys Therapeutics that inspired the movie was called Subsys. It was a sublingual liquid form of fentanyl, meaning that you applied it by spraying it under the tongue.
Oct 30, 2023 · Pain Hustlers was inspired by journalist Evan Hughes's 2018 New York TimesMagazine coverage (and subsequent nonfiction book) on the Arizona-based pharmaceutical company Insys Therapeutics.
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Dec 13, 2023 · Based on the 2018 New York Times article turned nonfiction book by Evan Hughes, Netflix’s latest original film, “ Pain Hustlers,” follows the true story of a deadly pharmaceutical startup and the sales representatives behind the grim gimmick.
