A former PixarBio (OTC:PXRB) employee pleaded guilty last Friday to charges of fraud and obstruction, according to a recent report from the Boston Business Journal. The employee, Jay Herod, was accused of making false statements to the SEC and impeding their investigation, as well as manipulating company stock trades and misleading investors, according to the report. […]
Baxter cleared from DoJ antitrust saline probe
Baxter (NYSE:BAX) said yesterday that it has been cleared from a U.S. Dept. of Justice antitrust probe, launched in 2017, investigating companies that market intravenous saline solutions. The probe came as hospitals endured a shortage of intravenous saline solutions, which are used to hydrate hospital patients. The shortage dates back to late 2013, after drugmakers told […]
Del. supremes uphold Fresenius bailout on Akorn buy
Delaware’s Supreme Court ruled last week to uphold a decision by the state’s Chancery Court that Fresenius (ETR:FRE) could walk away from its $4 billion merger with Akorn (NSDQ:AKRX). The initial deal was designed to help Fresenius move into new therapeutic areas and dosage forms, including eye drugs, ear drops, nasal sprays and respiratory drugs. But Fresenius abandoned the […]
Dr. Reddy’s notches win for generic Suboxone sublingual film
Shares in Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories (NYSE:RDY) shot up yesterday after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a previous decision that blocked the company from selling a generic verson of Indivior‘s (LON:INDV) Suboxone buprenorphine and naloxone sublingual film. Dr. Reddy’s said it plans to resume launch activities for the product, which won FDA […]
Fresenius cleared to jilt Akorn, court rules
The Delaware Chancery Court ruled this week that it can’t force Fresenius (ETR:FRE) to follow through with its $4.75 billion merger with Akorn (NSDQ:AKRX). The deal was designed to help Fresenius move into new dosage forms and therapeutic areas, including ophthalmic drugs, ear drops, nasal sprays and respiratory drugs. But Fresenius walked away from the deal in April, […]
Clovis forks over $20m to settle SEC charges that it misled investors
The SEC said today that Clovis Oncology (NSDQ:CLVS), its CEO and former CFO will pay more than $20 million to settle charges that the company misled investors about its experimental lung cancer drug. The SEC alleged that beginning in July 2015 and over the course of a four-month period, CEO Patrick Mahaffy and his team […]
AngioDynamics to pay $13m to settle False Claims charges
AngioDynamics (NSDQ:ANGO) agreed to pay a total of nearly $13 million to settle charges that it broke the False Claims Act for a chemotherapy delivery device and a peripheral vein treatment. Latham, N.Y.-based AngioDynamics distributed the LC Bead embolization microspheres made by BTG (LON:BTG) subsidiary Biocompatibles. Although cleared for embolizations, the companies allegedly marketed LC Bead from May […]
Insulet settles shareholder suit over Omnipod Eros device
Insulet (NSDQ:PODD) shareholders have agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging that the device-maker misrepresented the success of its Omnipod Eros roll-out in 2013. The financial details of the settlement were undisclosed, but it includes $425,000 in attorney fees and an array of corporate compliance enhancements that Insulet plans to adopt. Shareholders Raqim Walker and Frank Carnazza alleged […]
MiMedx top brass resign amid internal accounting investigation
MiMedx CEO Parker H. “Pete” Petit and COO and President William C. “Bill” Taylor have resigned as a board-directed independent investigation continues into accounting practices, Marietta, Ga.–based MiMedx (Nasdaq: MDXG) announced today. Petit and Taylor’s exit comes after recent departures of MiMedx’s CFO and corporate controller and treasurer. In addition to the resignations of top brass, the […]
Dexcom hit with legal fees in AgaMatrix patent spat
Dexcom (NSDQ:DXCM) this week was ordered to pay attorney’s fees in a spat with rival AgaMatrix over patents related to continuous glucose monitoring technology. The ruling came alongside a final judgement of non-infringement in favor of AgaMatrix from Judge S. James Otero of the US District Court for the Central District of California Western Division, according […]
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