Diag Human case

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Diag Human case centers on a Liechtenstein-incorporated blood plasma trading company, Diag Human, founded in the 1980s by Josef Šťáva, a Swiss-Czech entrepreneur born on March 17, 1950, in Prague. The company said its aim was to help currency-deficient Eastern Bloc states acquire modern blood plasma technology. In 1996, Diag Human filed a defamation and unfair competition lawsuit against the Czech government in Prague’s Commercial Court, claiming that the Health Minister had contacted Novo Nordisk, a major partner, to persuade them not to work with Diag Human and that this ruined the company’s Czech business. The parties then entered arbitration, and the case became one of the largest commercial litigations in Czech history. In 2008, the court ruled in Diag Human’s favor, awarding about $650 million.