Alfred Caronia was a pharmaceutical sales representative convicted of a misdemeanor conspiracy to introduce a misbranded drug.

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The Court of Appeals case involved the criminal conviction of a pharma sales rep, Alfred Caronia, for conspiracy to introduce a misbranded drug into interstate commerce in violation of the Federal Drug and Cosmetic Act.

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The subsidiary, EndoVascular Technologies, "also agreed to plead guilty to ten felony counts, including nine for shipping misbranded products and one count of a former employee making false statements to the government, " Guidant said in a statement.

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Indicted in part for illegal possession of human growth hormone with intent to distribute, the Canadian doctor pleaded guilty in 2011 to one count of introducing misbranded drugs into interstate commerce with the intent to mislead a U.S. agency.

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