Akorn Warned on Production Before Fresenius Deal, Executive Says

A consultant warned Akorn Inc. before its merger with Fresenius SE about production-line problems that raised questions about the integrity of data it provided to drug regulators, an Akorn executive testified as a trial over the failed $4.3 billion deal began.

The consultant, hired to review procedures and operations at Akorn’s Decatur, Illinois, facility in 2016, found cameras recording drug vials coming down a line didn’t properly store pictures used to check cleanliness and safety, Kim Wasserkrug, an Akorn vice president, told Delaware Chancery Court Judge Travis Laster.

Fresenius officials contend manufacturing problems at the Decatur plant and others, along ...