Spy Doc Dropped

The doctor accused of corporate espionage and stealing trade secrets from blood giant CSL to further his career and to land a job at rival group Pharming has been sacked from his job.

Dutch pharmaceutical company Pharming announced on Thursday that it had permanently terminated Joseph Chiao's employment.

Dr Chiao had been subject to a US court injunction preventing him from starting work at Pharming in October so that CSL and Pharming could investigate CSL's allegations that Dr Chiao had stolen 1,000,000 documents from CSL. more