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	Former employees of Akorn gathered outside one of its&nbsp;Amityville buildings&nbsp;on Friday to protest the company&#39;s layoffs. The Illinois-based pharmaceutical company has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and laid off 303 people working at&nbsp;Amityville plant, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN, notice filed with the New York State Department of Labor on Wednesday.&nbsp;
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