Biotech firm Chiron fined for trading with Cuba

[Judi Lynn]

Biotech firm Chiron fined for trading with Cuba

PAUL ELIAS, AP Biotechnology Writer
Thursday, July 8, 2004


(07-08) 11:00 PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) --

Biotechnology company Chiron Corp. admitted it illegally exported goods to Cuba and paid the U.S. government $168,500 in civil penalties, the U.S. Treasury Department reported last month.

The Emeryville-based company voluntarily disclosed to the department that a European subsidiary illegally shipped two vaccines for infants to Cuba between 1999 and 2002.
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OFAC was criticized earlier this year by senators from both political parties for dedicating more resources to enforcing the embargo against Cuba than in blocking terrorists' finances.

The agency supplied figures to the U.S. Senate that showed that at the end of 2003, OFAC had 21 full-time agents working Cuba violations and just four full-time workers hunting bin Laden's and Saddam's riches.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/07/08/financial1353EDT0070.DTL

[Judi Lynn]

1. Chiron fined for exports to Cuba

Posted on Fri, Jul. 09, 2004

Chiron fined for exports to Cuba

By Judy Silber
CONTRA COSTA TIMES


The U.S. Treasury Department reported that it has fined biotechnology firm Chiron Corp. $168,500 for illegally exporting goods to Cuba.

According to Chiron, from 1999 to 2002, the Emeryville-based company shipped five vaccines for infants and children to Cuba from its plants in Germany and Italy.

The company held a license to export one vaccine through UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, but didn't have clearance to ship the other four. A routine audit in 2002 uncovered the oversight, said John Gallagher, Chiron's spokesman. Chiron voluntarily disclosed the error to the Treasury Department and negotiated a settlement, he said.

"We recognize that it was a violation, and it was our responsibility to bring it to the attention of the government," Gallagher said.

The company is now legally shipping all five vaccines, including polio, haemophilus influenza, flu, rabies and a vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella.
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http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/9115204.htm?1c

[Mika]

2. This is as sick as it gets, folks! Fined for saving babies!

Let there be NO doubt as to the cruelty of the US government.

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