Naples, seven arrests for corruption on the supply of machinery for the Pascale Cancer Institute. Among them also the primary and an ISF

Fedaisf editorial staff

March 7, 2017

Francesco Izzo, according to the investigations, had set up two companies together with his wife through which he acted as an intermediary for the supply of equipment that Pascale purchased for anticancer treatments. It made the apparatuses appear to be the only suitable ones, with the complacency of the administrative manager Elia Abbondante, who is also the general manager of the ASL Napoli 1 Centro

Of FQ | March 7, 2017 | Daily fact

Corruption on the supply of machinery for i sick people oncology terminals atPascale Cancer Institute Of Naples. It is one of the charges with which they were arrested at dawn on Tuesday seven peopleincluding the primary Francesco Izzo. According to the investigation, Izzo had formed together with wife two companies through which he acted from intermediary for refueling medical equipment that Pascale bought for anticancer treatments. The primary made the devices look like the suitable only ones for that type of treatment and created the conditions for them to be purchased urgently by the companies related to him. In this way he avoided the call for tenders and proceeded with a private negotiation. The companies also inflated their turnover by significantly increasing the price purchase of devices.

All this, according to the investigators, took place with the complacency of the administrative manager, also arrested: his name is Elijah Abundant (in the picture) and is also the general manager of theAsl Naples 1 Center. Some have also ended up under house arrest entrepreneurs of the pharmaceutical sector and a scientific informant. The 7 pre-trial detention measures under house arrest were carried out by the military of the nucleus of tax police from the Finance Guard of Naples and of the special nucleus of currency police, who also proceeded to as many asset seizures against the accused persons. Overall, the financiers have seized assets for almost two million euros.

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To increase sales a scientific sales rep, Marco Argenziano – ai domiciliari – avrebbe dato 10 mila euro al primario Francesco Izzo per raddoppiare, nel 2015, le prescrizioni e, quindi gli ordini, di un farmaco antitumorale, lo Nexavar, destinato ai pazienti oncologici. [ … continua su ANSA of 07 March 2017]

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The interceptions. In una delle conversazioni intercettate tra il medico e l’informatore farmaceutico Marco Argenziano ci sono tutti gli elementi di questa brutta storia.

«Voglio darti 10 mila euro perché tu sei un amico, perché sei una persona politicamente portata, quindi in un mio futuro mi puoi servire per me» dice l’informatore intercettato “ tengo una predisposizione per te, quindi da te non sto venendo a chiederti una giustificazione ma la pezza giustificativa con l’azienda”.

Then that detail that makes you shiver: «Francè e allora il prossimo anno avremo la rimborsabilità, la spinta forte mi serve quest’anno, l’anno prossimo andrà a morire questo prodotto. Guarda nel colon ha un grande fatturato. In Italia il Nexavar sta facendo il possibile ne abbiamo parlato l’altra volta quindi devo raggiungere l’obiettivo del 2015». E infine chiude: «Vabbè ci siamo detti tutto. Te li metto da parte questi soldi?». Izzo risponde: «Metti da parte che usciranno sicuramente, quest’anno sicuramente molto». [da ottopagine – Napoli 07/03/2017]

Six arrests at Pascale in Naples for corruption and bid rigging. The head of Abdominal Oncological Surgery and the current Dg of the ASL Na1 Centro Elia Abbondante are under house arrest