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The Straight Story

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Mon Jul 22, 2013, 10:23 AM Jul 2013

GlaxoSmithKline says China executives have broken law

GlaxoSmithKline says senior executives in its China office appear to have broken the law amid a bribery scandal.

"We have zero tolerance for any behaviour of this nature," said Abbas Hussain, the UK pharmaceutical firm's Asia Pacific business head.

The acknowledgement comes as GSK says it is co-operating with a Chinese investigation into alleged bribing of doctors to prescribe the firm's drugs.

Meanwhile, rival AstraZeneca said one of its staff was also being questioned.

The firm said on Monday that the Chinese police had visited its Shanghai office on Friday and taken the employee away.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23402154#TWEET830483

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GlaxoSmithKline says China executives have broken law (Original Post) The Straight Story Jul 2013 OP
See, those Chinese executives needed to bribe government officials first. djean111 Jul 2013 #1
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