A board-certified oncologist has pled guilty to using her medical license to purchase cancer medications under the false pretense that they would be used to treat her own patients. Instead, the drug purchases were part of a fraudulent profit-making scheme.
A board-certified New Jersey oncologist has pled guilty to using her medical license to purchase cancer medications under the false pretense that they would be used to treat her own patients, according to a May 31Instead, the drug purchases were part of a fraudulent profit-making scheme., MD, of Towaco, New Jersey — located about 20 miles from Manhattan — now faces a maximum of 3 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Her sentencing is scheduled for February 6, 2024.
Overall,"Kachadourian was paid more than $170,000 for purchasing and allowing others to purchase in her name millions of dollars in prescription drugs during the scheme, which ran from October 2016 through January 2019," the US Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey said in aThe scheme involved Kachadourian and others making"numerous false and misleading representations to the pharmaceutical manufacturers and authorized distributors, including that Kachadourian purchased...
At this individual's request and at the request of others who worked for him, Kachadourian used her medical license and allowed others to use it to purchase expensive drugs. The drugs primarily included cold-chain biologic infusion medications, such asIn return, Kachadourian received a kickback of approximately $5000 per month.
"By recruiting and using Kachadourian and her medical license to purchase the drugs, these individuals were able to obtain prescription drugs from the pharmaceutical manufacturers' authorized distributors that they would not otherwise have been permitted to purchase," the DA's office said.at a significant profitFor example, according to a court document, on April 26, 2018, trastuzumab 150 mg was purchased for $254,189.
M. Alexander Otto is a physician assistant with a master's degree in medical science and a journalism degree from Newhouse. He is an award-winning medical journalist who worked for several major news outlets before joining Medscape. Alex is also an MIT Knight Science Journalism fellow. Email:
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