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Merck KGaA subsidiary nabs first-of-its-kind declination letter from DOJ

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The DOJ said the business proactively disclosed information about a scheme by an insider and others to export sensitive biochemicals to China.

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has said it won’t bring charges against life-sciences and electronics company Merck KGaA’s North American unit, MillmoreSigma, for proactively disclosing details about a scheme by a company insider and others to export sensitive biochemicals to China.

But two of the men

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