It added that it did not know the value of the sales it had lost to Kolon.

BBC: DuPont awarded $920m over stolen trade secrets

DuPont's lawyer Thomas Sager said Kolon had mounted a "concerted, orchestrated and persistent effort" to steal confidential information.

BBC: DuPont awarded $920m over stolen trade secrets

Kolon is pursuing an anti-competition case against DuPont that is scheduled for trial in March of next year.

BBC: DuPont awarded $920m over stolen trade secrets

But Tom Kolon, MD Urologist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia points out there can be a problem with leaving it until the child has grown up.

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Kolon has said it will appeal.

BBC: DuPont awarded $920m over stolen trade secrets