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United States Department of Justice

United States Attorney Joseph P. Russoniello
Northern District of California

11th Floor, Federal Building
450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055
San Francisco, California 94102
(415) 436-7200
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 12, 2008
WWW.USDOJ.GOV/USAO/CAN
CONTACT:  Jack Gillund
(415) 436-6599
Jack.Gillund@usdoj.gov

STATEMENT ON THE DISMISSAL OF CHARGES AGAINST INTERMUNE, INC.

With the dismissal of the felony Information filed against InterMune, Inc., the Deferred Prosecution Agreement between the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California and InterMune, Inc. officially expired on December 10, said United States Attorney Joseph P. Russoniello.

On December 4, 2006, the Government and InterMune entered into the DPA to resolve the ongoing criminal investigation into matters relating to the promotion of the pharmaceutical product Actimmune® (interferon gamma-1b). The Government agreed not to prosecute its filed Information if the company complied with all of the terms of the DPA. The dismissal of the Information is a result of the Northern District of California’s satisfaction that the company has complied in full with the terms of the DPA.


Further Information:             

Case #: CR 06-0707 MHP

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