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the plant where the equipment had been located for non-Avitene
products.
Alcon P.R. devoted 30 to 35 of its full-time production line
employees to the manufacturing of Avitene before June 1990, and
it devoted 12 to 15 of its full-time production line employees
afterwards. Alcon P.R. included the compensation paid to these
employees in the calculation of the processing fee charged to
MedChem P.R. under the processing agreement. Of the 30 to 35
production line employees who worked on Avitene before June 1990,
approximately 15 to 20 worked in phase 1 of the manufacturing
process, and the remainder worked in phase 2. The number of
Alcon P.R. employees producing Avitene decreased in June 1990
after MedChem U.S.A. moved to Woburn the equipment used to
convert corium into bulk flour.
All of the production line employees were supervised by a
manager employed by Alcon P.R.; namely, Maria Rodriguez from
January 1990 to January 1, 1992, and Jimmy Carrion afterwards.
These managers reported to Ramon Alifonso, Alcon P.R.’s director
of manufacturing, who reported to Lee Hansen, Alcon P.R.’s
general manager for its manufacturing facility.
Alcon P.R. had a quality assurance department at its
manufacturing facility and employed in that department a director
and a staff of approximately 85 to 100. The director, Maria
Santiago, reported to Alcon Labs’ quality assurance director in
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