The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday charged three individuals linked to Ariad Pharmaceuticals with insider trading, reports The Boston Globe.
SEC authorities said they filed the complaint in a Boston court against two former Ariad executives, Maureen Curran and Susan Dubuc, who served as Ariad's senior and associate director of pharmacovigilance and risk management, respectively. Officials also charged Harold Altvater, the husband of another former Ariad employee.
The complaint alleges Ms. Curran, Ms. Dubuc and Mr. Altvater used private information to illegally trade Ariad shares prior to the public announcement of a regulatory decision that would influence sales of one of the company's cancer drugs, according to the report.
Ms. Curran agreed to pay $20,000 in fines through a settlement and Ms. Dubuc agreed to pay more than $6,000. Mr. Altvater did not respond to The Boston Globe's request for comment.
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