German firm fined under FD&C Act. (Hoechst AG, federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act)

From: FDA Consumer | Date: September 1, 1991| Author: Kurtzweil, Paula | Copyright information

A large German pharmaceutical and chemical company that does business in the United States and one of its former research directors have become the first foreign entities to be successfully prosecuted under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for conduct that occurred overseas.

Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, or Hoechst AG, of Frankfurt, Germany, and Rainer Zapf, M.D., a former director of the company's clinical research division, were sentenced last April in the U.S. D...

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