Colorado Doctor Jeffrey Kesten Sentenced To Prison For Receiving Pharmaceutical Company's Bribes

Denver CO

07 March, 2022

2:56 PM

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By Logan Smith, CBS Denver: DENVER (CBS4) — A Colorado physician will spend two years behind bars for prescribing a fentanyl-based spray product to patients while receiving approximately $344,000 in bribes and "kickbacks" from the maker of the drug. Dr. Jeffrey Kesten, 61, formerly of Evergreen, was sentenced Feb. 28 to 24 months in federal prison by a federal judge in Denver. Per case documents, Kesten conspired with employees of Insys Therapeutics, the manufacturer of Subsys, a powerful sublingual fentanyl spray approved by the Federal Drug Administration in 2012 to treat sudden flare-ups of pain in cancer patients. Read more at CBS Denver CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.