FibroGen Board Hit With Insider Trading Lawsuit Over Anemia Drug

April 21, 2022, 7:39 PM UTC

A FibroGen Inc. investor filed suit in Delaware against current and former members of its board and management, claiming two of them sold millions in stock at inflated prices while the company used doctored data to hype an anemia drug being developed in partnership with AstraZeneca Plc.

The lawsuit, made public Wednesday, accuses FibroGen’s senior leaders of pumping up its stock price by making false claims about clinical trial results supposedly showing the drug candidate to be highly safe and effective, before revelations of data manipulation tanked the company’s per-share value from $44 to $14 over a three-month period. ...

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