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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 |
| pesticide violation | $2,681,500 | 1 |
| 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: For a summary of this company's regulatory penalties in more than 50 other countries, see its Violation Tracker Global summary page
here.
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  |
| Serono, S.A. | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2005 | FDA | $704,000,000 |
| 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 |
| E. Merck KG | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $50,000,000 |
| 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 |
| Merck KgaA | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | DOJ_ANTITRUST | $14,000,000 |
| EMD Millipore Corporation | pesticide 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 | 2009 | MULTI-AG | $2,275,454 |
| Sigma Aldrich Research Biochemicals Inc. | export control violation | 2002 | BIS | $1,760,000 |
| MILLIPORE CORP | environmental violation | 2010 | EPA | $526,500 |
| 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 |
| Sigma Aldrich Co. | air pollution violation | 2004 | USAO | $180,000 |
| research organics | environmental violation | 2003 | EPA | $159,672 |
| SIGMA ALDRICH MFG LLC | environmental violation | 2007 | EPA | $55,000 |
| EMD Chemicals, Inc. | export control violation | 2007 | BIS | $44,000 |
| EMD Chemicals Inc. | environmental violation | 2005 | OH-ENV | $32,000 |
| EMD Chemicals Inc. | environmental violation | 2008 | OH-ENV | $30,700 |
| SIGMA-ALDRICH | aviation safety violation | 2011 | FAA | $30,000 |
| SIGMA-ALDRICH | workplace safety or health violation | 2018 | OSHA | $23,632 |
| Aldrich Chemical Company LLC | tax violations | 2017 | ATTTB | $22,500 |
| VERSUM MATERIALS, INC. | environmental violation | 2020 | EPA | $17,600 |
| MILLIPORE CORPORATION | aviation safety violation | 2010 | FAA | $15,000 |
| EMD CHEMICALS INCORPORATED | motor vehicle safety violation | 2004 | FMCSA | $13,170 |
| SIGMA-ALDRICH MANUFACTURING | solid waste violation | 2014 | IL-ENV | $12,500 |
| SIGMA-ALDRICH | aviation safety violation | 2013 | FAA | $11,000 |
| EMD MILLIPORE CORPORATION | workplace safety or health violation | 2021 | OSHA | $10,240 |
| SIGMA-ALDRICH CORPORATION | workplace safety or health violation | 2012 | OSHA | $10,115 |
| MILLIPORE, CIDRA, INC. | environmental violation | 2000 | EPA | $9,000 |
| VERSUM MATERIALS | workplace safety or health violation | 2023 | OSHA | $8,438 |
| EMD Chemicals, Inc. | economic sanction violation | 2007 | OFAC | $8,250 |
| SIGMA-ALDRICH INC | aviation safety violation | 2013 | FAA | $8,000 |
| EMD CHEMICALS INCORPORATED | motor vehicle safety violation | 2006 | FMCSA | $7,614 |
| ALDRICH CHEMICAL | aviation safety violation | 2016 | FAA | $7,500 |
| ALDRICH CHEMICAL | aviation safety violation | 2010 | FAA | $6,500 |
| 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 |
