Hundreds Lose Jobs as Troubled Pharma Company Abruptly Shutters All Sites

Hundreds Lose Jobs as Troubled Pharma Company Abruptly Shutters All Sites
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Beth Brelje
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Illinois-based Akorn Pharmaceuticals closed all its locations in the United States this week, abruptly laying off hundreds of employees, according to a letter sent to employees by the company’s president and CEO, Douglas Boothe

The employees will receive no severance pay or extended health insurance.

Beth Brelje
Beth Brelje
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Beth Brelje is a former reporter with The Epoch Times. Ms. Brelje previously worked in radio for 20 years and after moving to print, worked at Pocono Record and Reading Eagle.
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