The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing a permanent debarment order against Joseph A. Rowan, preventing him from working with any businesses that have drug product applications. This order results from Mr. Rowan's felony conviction related to illegal activities with the drug SUBSYS while at Insys Therapeutics. He was found guilty of racketeering, mail fraud, and wire fraud, including bribing doctors to prescribe SUBSYS to patients without cancer and misleading insurers. Mr. Rowan was notified of this debarment decision and waived his right to contest it by not requesting a hearing.
Simple Explanation
The FDA has decided that Joseph A. Rowan can't work with companies making medicine because he broke the law by doing bad things, like lying and giving money to doctors to sell drugs wrongfully, and he didn't ask for a chance to explain why he shouldn't be banned.