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Company: Olympus Medical Systems Corporation
Current Parent Company: Olympus
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Penalty: $85,000,000
Year: 2018
Date: December 10, 2018
Offense Group: safety-related offenses
Primary Offense: drug or medical equipment safety violation
Mega-Scandal: Medical Equipment Hazards
Violation Description: Olympus Medical Systems Corporation and a former senior executive in Japan pleaded guilty to failing to file required adverse event reports involving infections connected to duodenoscopes, and to continuing to sell the duodenoscopes in the United States despite those failures.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
HQ Country of Current Parent: Japan
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: electrical and electronic equipment
Specific Industry of Current Parent: imaging products
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