Sonar Products ordered to cease operations, Stratus Pharmaceuticals ordered to cease distributing un

U.S. Food & Drug Administration press release ------ Today, U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. Williams for the Southern District of Florida entered a consent decree of permanent injunction between the United States and Stratus Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Miami, Florida, Sonar Products Inc. of Carlstadt, New Jersey and two of the companies’ officers, Alberto Hoyo and Juan Carlos Billoch. According to the complaint filed with the consent decree, Stratus and Sonar routinely shipped unapproved, improperly labeled (misbranded), and substandard or contaminated (adulterated) drugs in interstate commerce. Specifically, Sonar manufactured and Stratus distributed a number of dermatological products, including various washes, creams and ointments that were not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. To learn more click on the picture below to read the release.