The head of a pharmaceutical firm who was the first senior executive to be punished for his role in the country's opioid crisis was sentenced on Wednesday to two years in prison.Laurence F. Doud III, 79, was the CEO of Rochester Drug Cooperative until his indictment by Manhattan prosecutors in 2019.He turbo-charged the company, sending stock dividends to record highs as revenue topped $1 billion. He also, prosecutors said, deliberately deceived the Drug Enforcement Agency and.
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