Schering-Plough Climbs Back - August 13, 2007

Schering-Plough announced earlier this month that a consent decree filed against the company in May 2002 had been dissolved by the US District Court. This is the court action that was issued for violations of GMP and resulted in a fine of $500 million.

What other extraordinary costs were experienced in this climb back from the abyss.

• What about the costs to peoples’ careers?
• What about the cost to peoples’ health? (Stress levels when operating under a court order are unusually high.)
• What about the cost to the company’s reputation and ability to recruit top talent?

Few companies today have the size, resources, strength, and momentum that Schering-Plough has to come back. Many companies in this situation shrink to a smaller operation, become targets for takeover, or simply go out of business.

See what Schering-Plough’s people had to do to get back into compliance. Read the 46-page Consent Decree issued to Schering-Plough in May 2002. Go to:

www.gmptrainingsystems.com/asp/resources.asp
Click on Timely Resource Articles and scroll down.

Training Tip
This entire episode could have been prevented had people in the organization been focused on GMP and making it a Lifestyle in the company. PREVENTION ALWAYS COSTS LESS THAN CORRECTION. Make sure your management team is aware of this Consent Decree and the five years it took to get back into compliance.

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