AFT’s Hartley Atkinson hid info from business partner, judgment reveals

AFT’s Hartley Atkinson hid info from business partner, judgment reveals
Hartley Atkinson gave evidence in the trial. (Image: NZME)
Victoria Young
It has emerged that AFT Pharmaceuticals founder Hartley Atkinson deliberately withheld information from a key business partner.The chief executive of AFT admitted this in a high court case but said it was justified because he was trying to list the company and had no obligation to the partner, PBL. The hotly contested trial over the drug Pascomer, which treats facial angiofibroma that develops from a genetic disease, lasted several weeks in the high court at Auckland.While AFT and PBL have both made statements about the case, the full judg...

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