InterMune pulmonary, inflammation, musculoskeletal news

W. Scott Harkonen, former president and CEO of InterMune, was sentenced to three years of probation, with six months of home confinement. He was also ordered pay a $20,000 fine and perform 200 hours of community service. In 2009, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California found him guilty of wire fraud related to the promotion of Actimmune interferon gamma-1b (see BioCentury, Oct. 5, 2009). ...