Chinese National Convicted of Conspiracy to Steal Cancer Drug Trade Secrets to Benefit China-Backed Company
Posted: Tue May 03, 2022 10:23 pm
A Chinese-Swiss man was convicted after trial for his role in a family conspiracy to steal trade secrets related to cancer drugs, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). U.S. Attorney Jennifer Williams announced on May 2 that Xue Gongda, a permanent resident of Switzerland with Chinese citizenship, was convicted for his part in a $10 billion scheme to steal cancer medications from his employer and rebrand them under his own biomedical company. According to a DOJ statement, Xue had worked as a scientist for the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) in Switzerland, which is affiliated with Novartis. His sister, Xue Yu, meanwhile, worked as a scientist at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in Pennsylvania at the same time. ...
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