Tak­ing on a big chal­lenge, ex-Cel­gene CEO Bob Hug­in read­ies a run for the Sen­ate

Can a high­ly suc­cess­ful bio­phar­ma ex­ec­u­tive and ex-Ma­rine win a Sen­ate race for the Re­pub­li­cans in New Jer­sey?

Ex-Cel­gene CEO — and un­til a few days ago ex­ec­u­tive chair­man — Bob Hug­in in­tends to find that out.

For years Hug­in im­pressed Wall Street with his record of big an­nu­al rev­enue gains and a bliz­zard of part­ner­ship deals around the world for his biotech. That earned Cel­gene a mar­ket cap of $72 bil­lion.

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