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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary
Current Parent Company Name: Merck KGaA (EMD)
Ownership Structure: publicly traded
Headquartered in: Germany
Major Industry: pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry: pharmaceuticals
Penalty total since 2000: $820,670,885
Number of records: 40
| Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined) | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| healthcare-related offenses | $704,000,000 | 2 |
| competition-related offenses | $68,079,454 | 5 |
| government-contracting-related offenses | $44,300,000 | 2 |
| environment-related offenses | $4,104,472 | 16 |
| safety-related offenses | $156,209 | 13 |
| Top 5 Primary Offense Types | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | $704,000,000 | 2 |
| price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | $66,275,454 | 3 |
| False Claims Act and related | $44,300,000 | 2 |
| environmental violation | $4,104,472 | 16 |
| export control violation | $1,804,000 | 2 |
Notes: Parent-subsidiary linkages are based on relationships current as of the latest revision listed in the
Update Log, which may vary from what was the case when a violation occurred. The penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the individual entries below may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. The totals are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the list below.
Links: Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found
here.
Individual Penalty Records:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case.
| Company | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount  |
| SIGMA-ALDRICH, INC | aviation safety violation | 2017 | FAA | $5,000 |
| EM INDUSTRIES, INC. | environmental violation | 2000 | EPA | $5,000 |
| Aldrich Chemical | environmental violation | 2018 | EPA | $5,000 |
| Aldrich Chemical, LLC | environmental violation | 2018 | EPA | $5,000 |
| ALDRICH CHEMICAL | aviation safety violation | 2010 | FAA | $6,500 |
| ALDRICH CHEMICAL | aviation safety violation | 2016 | FAA | $7,500 |
| EMD CHEMICALS INCORPORATED | motor vehicle safety violation | 2006 | FMCSA | $7,614 |
| SIGMA-ALDRICH INC | aviation safety violation | 2013 | FAA | $8,000 |
| EMD Chemicals, Inc. | economic sanction violation | 2007 | OFAC | $8,250 |
| VERSUM MATERIALS | workplace safety or health violation | 2023 | OSHA | $8,438 |
| MILLIPORE, CIDRA, INC. | environmental violation | 2000 | EPA | $9,000 |
| SIGMA-ALDRICH CORPORATION | workplace safety or health violation | 2012 | OSHA | $10,115 |
| EMD MILLIPORE CORPORATION | workplace safety or health violation | 2021 | OSHA | $10,240 |
| SIGMA-ALDRICH | aviation safety violation | 2013 | FAA | $11,000 |
| SIGMA-ALDRICH MANUFACTURING | environmental violation | 2014 | IL-ENV | $12,500 |
| EMD CHEMICALS INCORPORATED | motor vehicle safety violation | 2004 | FMCSA | $13,170 |
| MILLIPORE CORPORATION | aviation safety violation | 2010 | FAA | $15,000 |
| VERSUM MATERIALS, INC. | environmental violation | 2020 | EPA | $17,600 |
| Aldrich Chemical Company LLC | tax violations | 2017 | ATTTB | $22,500 |
| SIGMA-ALDRICH | workplace safety or health violation | 2018 | OSHA | $23,632 |
| SIGMA-ALDRICH | aviation safety violation | 2011 | FAA | $30,000 |
| EMD Chemicals Inc. | environmental violation | 2008 | OH-ENV | $30,700 |
| EMD Chemicals Inc. | environmental violation | 2005 | OH-ENV | $32,000 |
| EMD Chemicals, Inc. | export control violation | 2007 | BIS | $44,000 |
| SIGMA ALDRICH MFG LLC | environmental violation | 2007 | EPA | $55,000 |
| research organics | environmental violation | 2003 | EPA | $159,672 |
| Sigma Aldrich Co. | environmental violation | 2004 | USAO | $180,000 |
| EMD Millipore Corp. | environmental violation | 2017 | EPA | $385,000 |
| EMD MILLIPORE CORPORATION | environmental violation | 2017 | EPA | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $385,000 |
| MILLIPORE CORP | environmental violation | 2010 | EPA | $526,500 |
| Sigma Aldrich Research Biochemicals Inc. | export control violation | 2002 | BIS | $1,760,000 |
| Merck KGaA | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2009 | MULTI-AG | $2,275,454 |
| EMD Millipore Corporation | environmental violation | 2013 | EPA | $2,681,500 |
| EMD MILLLIPORE CORP | environmental violation | 2013 | EPA | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $2,681,500 |
| Merck KgaA | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | DOJ_ANTITRUST | $14,000,000 |
| Serono Laboratories Inc. | False Claims Act and related | 2011 | DOJ_CIVIL | $44,300,000 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | False Claims Act and related | 2011 | MULTI-AG | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $44,300,000 |
| E. Merck KG | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $50,000,000 |
| Serono Inc. | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2005 | MULTI-AG | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $262,000,000 |
| Serono, S.A. | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2005 | FDA | $704,000,000 |
