HHS OIG bans Harkonen from federal programs

HHS's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) banned W. Scott Harkonen, former president and CEO of InterMune Inc. (NASDAQ:ITMN), from participation in federal healthcare programs for the minimum statutory period of five years. OIG said the exclusion is required as a result of Harkonen's 2009 conviction of wire fraud by a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. This year, Harkonen was sentenced to three years probation with six months of home confinement (see BioCentury Extra, April 15). ...