GlaxoSmithKline behaved like a criminal "godfather" in China, dispensing some 3 billion yuan (£323m) in bribes since 2007, Chinese police said on Monday. During a half-year investigation, Chinese police said they had uncovered more than 700 middlemen through which the pharmaceutical giant allegedly funnelled money to health officials and doctors in order to prescribe GSK drugs.
The company also allegedly committed some unspecified "tax-related crimes".
"This company has been investigated for bribery allegations in many countries. From our investigation, bribery is part of the strategy of this company. This is why they have bribery activities in China," said Gao Feng, the head of the economic crimes investigation unit at the Ministry of Public Security.
Four senior GSK executives, all Chinese, are now in detention, Mr Gao said.
According to the Beijing News, the detainees are Zhao Hongyan, 41, GSK's legal counsel and head of compliance, Liang Hong, 49, a vice president in charge of operations, Huang Hong, 45, a general manager in charge of commercial development and Zhang Guowei, 50, the company's human resources director. (Ver) ...
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GSK says senior executives appear to have broken Chinese law
GlaxoSmithKline said on Monday that some of its executives
in China appeared to have broken the law as part of a major bribery scandal
that has ensnared the British drugmaker.
The company also said that proposed changes to its
operations would result in lower prices of its medicines in China.
"Certain senior executives of GSK China, who know our
systems well, appear to have acted outside of our processes and controls which
breaches Chinese law," the firm's head of emerging markets, Abbas Hussain,
said in a statement.
Hussain, sent to China last week to lead GSK's response to
the crisis, held a meeting with the Ministry of Public Security at which he
also promised to review GSK's business model.
"Savings made as a result of proposed changes to our
operational model will be passed on in the form of price reductions, ensuring
our medicines are more affordable to Chinese patients," Hussain added. (Más)
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Y se bajan los p...recios.
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