Olympus to pay $85 mil. in U.S. for failure to report infections

Olympus Corp. said Tuesday it was fined $85 million after admitting failure to report to U.S. authorities infections connected to its duodenum endoscopes in a plea deal reached with the U.S. Justice Department.In the agreement, Olympus admitted it did not report to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration three separate cases of infections, including E. coli bacteria, affecting some 30 patients in France and the Netherlands between August 2012 and October 2014.The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, of which Kyodo News is a partner, said last month that over 190 "superbug" i…READ FULL ARTICLE