CSL accuses ex-exec, now at Pharming, of stealing trade secrets

CSL Behring has filed a lawsuit against a former employee, claiming he stole sensitive information with the intention of passing it on to his new company.

The suit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania accuses former medical director Joseph Chiao of taking 25 gigabytes of confidential company data with him when he left to join Netherlands biotech Pharming with the intention of passing it on to the rival firm.