UPDATE 2-Billionaire Insys founder charged in U.S. opioid bribe case
October 26, 2017 at 14:52 PM EDT
BOSTON, Oct 26 (Reuters) - The billionaire founder of Insys Therapeutics Inc was arrested on Thursday on U.S. charges he participated in a scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe a fentanyl-based cancer pain drug, marking a step by authorities to fight the opioid epidemic.