please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s general notability guideline . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources akorn news newspapers books scholar jstor free images june 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message akorn pharmaceuticals is an american generic pharmaceuticals manufacturer based in lake forest illinois us . it is a component of the nasdaq biotechnology index . john kapoor is the founder and a major shareholder . 1 in june 2015 it was reported that a hacker was trying to sell an akorn customer database of more than 50 000 records . akorn commented although much of the information acquired is publicly available we are in the process of notifying our valued customers about this incident . 2 references edit john kapoor . forbes . retrieved 12 may 2015 . akorn inc. has customer database stolen records offered to highest bidder . cso . 18 june 2015 . retrieved 28 june 2015 . external links edit official website this article about a medical pharmaceutical or biotechnological corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this biotechnology article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this united states manufacturing company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title akorn & oldid 720148184 categories companies listed on nasdaqbiotechnology companies of the united statespharmaceutical companies of the united statescompanies in the nasdaq biotechnology indexmedical company stubsbiotechnology stubsunited states manufacturing company stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from june 2015all articles needing additional referencesarticles with topics of unclear notability from june 2015all articles with topics of unclear notabilityall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 may 2016 at 01 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view