To resolve a U.S. SEC insider trading charge related to Pfizer Inc.’s $11.4 billion acquisition of Array Biopharma Inc. in 2019, Brian Rubin consented Oct. 17 to a judgment ordering him to disgorge $90,458, plus prejudgment interest of $16,914, and to pay a civil penalty to be determined by the court.
Neve Ilan, Israel-based Nano-X Imaging Ltd., had rocked the world of medical imaging with promises of X-ray imaging systems that provide low-cost tomosynthesis, but the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission says the company overpromised on the low-cost claim. The SEC said the actual production cost of the Nano-X ARC systems is at least double the $12,000 per-unit figure routinely touted by the company’s former CEO, Ran Poliakine, a factual misrepresentation that helped the company raise $165 million in an initial public offering.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued the final order concluding an action against Baxter International Inc. over the company’s use of accounting mechanisms to produce gains by manipulating foreign exchange transactions. While these activities are said to have been undertaken entirely at the behest of only two employees, the agreement will cost Baxter $18 million and serves as a cautionary tale about a lack of supervision of employees charged with managing company funds.
