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NJ Pharmaceutical Exec Used Insider Info To Avoid $38 Million Loss: Feds NJ Pharmaceutical Exec Used Insider Info To Avoid $38 Million Loss: Feds
NJ Pharmaceutical Exec Used Insider Info To Avoid $38 Million Loss: Feds A 54-year-old former NJ pharmaceutical executive used insider information to avoid $38 million in losses, authorities said. Dale Chappell, who currently lives in Switzerland faces charges of securities fraud and insider trading, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said. Chappell was formerly the chief scientific officer and member of the board of directors of Humanigen, a publicly traded clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with offices in Short Hill, Sellinger said. Chappell was arrested on Friday, Dec. 20 in Switzerland, Sellinger said. The United States will seek Chappell’s extr…

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by Sam Barron
News
Brazen Burglar Breaks Into Wegmans Pharmacy Brazen Burglar Breaks Into Wegmans Pharmacy
Brazen Burglar Breaks Into Wegmans Pharmacy SEE ANYTHING? Police were trying to identify a burglar who broke into the Wegmans pharmacy in Montvale and stole medications Thanksgiving morning. Motion sensors alerted security around 10:30 a.m. Thursday, but the bandit quickly fled the store with an "unknown quantity of packaged pharmaceuticals," Montvale Police Chief Joseph Sanfilippo said. Surveillance images show the burglar wearing a large greyish coat with black fur around the hood, black pants and shiny black shoes. Detectives were investigating. Meanwhile, the chief asked that anyone who might have seen something or has informat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Kasia Tieluszecka Of Toms River, 38, Remembered For Unique Sparkle, Determination Kasia Tieluszecka Of Toms River, 38, Remembered For Unique Sparkle, Determination
Kasia Tieluszecka Of Toms River, 38, Remembered For Unique Sparkle, Determination Katarzyna "Kasia" Tieluszecka of Toms River died Oct. 4. She was 38 years old. Kasia was born in Poland and moved to the U.S. when she was 10 with her family, and attended Wanaque High School while living in Haskell, her obituary says. Remembered for her "incredible work ethic," Kasia got her first job at 15 at a local bagel store. She graduated from Lakeland High School in 2001, and went on to earn her bachelor's in business and marketing at William Paterson University. She most recently had been working as a pharmaceutical sales representative on the Jersey Shore. Kasia previously …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Mahwah Generic Drug Maker Among 20 Companies, 16 Individuals Accused In Price-Fixing Scheme Mahwah Generic Drug Maker Among 20 Companies, 16 Individuals Accused In Price-Fixing Scheme
Mahwah Generic Drug Maker Among 20 Companies, 16 Individuals Accused In Price-Fixing Scheme A Mahwah-based generic drug manufacturer was among 20 companies accused of participating in what authorities called “one of the most egregious and damaging price-fixing conspiracies in the history of the United States.”  A complaint filed by the 44 states in U.S. District Court in Connecticut also accuses 16 individuals of participating in the scheme. More than half of the drug companies and five of the individual defendants – all of whom are drug company executives responsible for sales, marketing, pricing and operations -- are from New Jersey. They include Glenmark Pharmaceuticals I…

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by Jerry DeMarco