SYNCOR DENIES DUPONT CLAIMS.Byline: Jason Takenouchi Staff Writer Medical firm Syncor International Corp. is firing back against counterfeiting counterfeiting, manufacturing spurious coins, paper money, or evidences of governmental obligation (e.g., bonds) in the semblance of the true. There must be sufficient resemblance to the genuine article to deceive a person using ordinary caution. allegations filed in Mexico by DuPont Pharmaceuticals Co. Woodland Hills-based Syncor announced Monday it has filed a defense with Mexican regulators that denies charges it purchased and sold counterfeit To falsify, deceive, or defraud. A copy or imitation of something that is intended to be taken as authentic and genuine in order to deceive another. A counterfeit coin is one that may pass for a genuine coin and may include a lower denomination coin altered so that it may doses of DuPont's Cardiolite, a cardiac imaging product used to examine blood flow in the heart. Syncor officials also took DuPont to task over the airing of the charges, which were filed June 17 but announced by DuPont last week on U.S. news wires. ``We were stunned stun tr.v. stunned, stun·ning, stuns 1. To daze or render senseless, by or as if by a blow. 2. To overwhelm or daze with a loud noise. 3. that DuPont would see the need to announce a Mexican situation here in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , particularly to make what we view as false statements regarding the situation,'' said John S. Baumann, senior vice president and general counsel for Syncor. William DeLorbe, an executive vice president at DuPont's Medical Imaging Division, said the company stands by its charges. ``DuPont does not file lawsuits capriciously ca·pri·cious adj. Characterized by or subject to whim; impulsive and unpredictable. See Synonyms at arbitrary. ca·pri  cious·ly adv. ,'' DeLorbe
said.
The Mexican government is investigating the charges. Both sides said the patent infringement patent infringement n. the manufacture and/or use of an invention or improvement for which someone else owns a patent issued by the government, without obtaining permission of the owner of the patent by contract, license or waiver. suit will not affect a longstanding U.S. Cardiolite distribution agreement between Syncor and DuPont. Under that agreement, Syncor distributes more than 80 percent of the unit doses of Cardiolite in the United States, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Syncor officials. Sutro & Co. analyst D. Larry Smith
In contrast, Syncor's Mexican operations include just $400,000 in Cardiolite business, Baumann said. The Mexican dispute - technically between a Syncor subsidiary and DuPont - bubbled to the surface June 17 when DuPont filed charges with the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property. The multibillion-dollar company alleged that Syncor illegally purchased and sold Cardiolite, including counterfeit Cardiolite. Baumann, the Syncor executive, said his company has DuPont's permission to distribute unit doses of Cardiolite in Mexico, but another company, Accesorios Para Laboratories, is authorized to sell the material in bulk. Baumann said all the Cardiolite his company sells in Mexico is purchased from either DuPont or Accesorios. ``If we acquired something that was not Cardiolite,'' Baumann said, ``it would have been from DuPont or their local distributor.'' DuPont executive DeLorbe confirmed that Syncor has permission to distribute unit doses of Cardiolite. But he said DuPont's investigation into the matter supports the counterfeiting charge. |
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