Overview

• Based on its combined investigations, the Frankfurt prosecutor’s office says many state‑paid Paxlovid packs were exported to China.
• Frankfurt has indicted a 57‑year‑old pharmacist accused of ordering 9,299 packs and reselling them to private buyers at home and abroad and to a medical practice without prescriptions, with about €250,000 in proceeds.
• Nuremberg prosecutors have filed charges in four Bavarian cases against eight suspects, two of whom have been in pre‑trial detention since July, citing roughly 11,000 packs and alleged damages of about €3 million with evidence pointing toward China.
• Courts have begun issuing penalties, including a suspended 14‑month sentence for a Berlin pharmacist who resold 2,701 packs and a first‑instance suspended 19‑month term for a Baden‑Baden pharmacist over 1,373 packs that is not yet final.
• The Health Ministry says it may pursue civil claims to recover losses, though only one repayment has been secured and requests for case files are pending.