The Johnson & Johnson subsidiary that makes children’s Tylenol has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge for its failure to correct faulty manufacturing practices, agreeing to pay $25 million to resolve the matter.
McNeil, the Johnson & Johnson subsidiary that had made the over-the-counter medicine in its Fort Washington plant, agreed to pay a $20 million criminal fine and a $5 million criminal forfeiture to settle a misdemeanor charge for violating the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act by introducing adulterated drugs into interstate commerce, according to the guilty plea filed in federal court in Philadelphia on Tuesday.
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