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# Republicans Reopen Opioid Manufacturer Probe
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/republicans-reopen-opioid-manufacturer-probe/
- Published: 2020-01-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T15:58:41.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Drugs, #legacy-id-D5145834

Republican leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee say they are reopening their 8/2018 inquiry into three opioid manufacturers — Insys, Mallinckrodt, and Purdue — to obtain additional information from the companies. In 2018, the companies were asked to provide information about their actions related to the spread of the opioid epidemic, including: 

- questions to Insys about an alleged kickback scheme to boost Subsys sales;
- questions to Mallinckrodt about its efforts to monitor opioid sales for suspicious orders; and
- questions to Purdue about when it first knew about Oxycontin dangers.

In the latest [letters](https://republicans-energycommerce.house.gov/news/press-release/ec-gop-leaders-reactivate-investigation-into-top-opioid-manufacturers/?ref=fdaweb.com), the lawmakers ask Insys to answer questions it did not answer in 2018, ask Mallinckrodt to send company officials to brief the committee on testimony by a senior company manager faulting the company’s suspicious order monitoring system, and demand that Purdue provide responses to unanswered questions from 2018.