GSK faces bribery allegations in Poland
UK pharma major GlaxoSmithKline (LSE: GSK) is facing allegations of bribing doctors in Poland, according to the UK’s public broadcaster the BBC, which will air the claims in a program tonight (Monday).
The BBC’s Panorama program will report that 11 doctors and a GSK regional manager have been charged over alleged corruption between 2010 and 2012 over claims sales reps paid doctors to promote GSK’s asthma drug Seretide (salmeterol xinafoate and fluticasone propionate). Panorama said that, if the allegations are proved, GSK may have violated both the UK Bribery Act and the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act which make it illegal for companies to bribe government employees abroad.
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