The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an order under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to permanently ban Sunrise Lee from working with any person or company that has a drug product application. This decision follows her felony conviction for racketeering related to the regulation of a drug product. Lee, who previously worked in a leadership role at Insys Therapeutics, was found guilty of participating in a conspiracy to bribe medical practitioners to prescribe a fentanyl-based drug called SUBSYS. Despite being notified of the proposed ban and given a chance to contest it, Lee did not respond, resulting in a waiver of her right to a hearing.
Simple Explanation
The FDA has decided that Sunrise Lee cannot work with any company that makes medicine because she was involved in a plan to pay doctors to prescribe a strong pain medicine when they shouldn't have, and she did not ask for a chance to explain her side.