GlaxoSmithKline has sacked over 100 staff in China, in the wake of the corruption scandal that saw the pharmaceutical giant get fined 300 million GBP last year.
The company was found guilty of bribing doctors to prescribe its medicine in September and kicked off an internal investigation into business practices at the company.
The misconduct for which the 110 employees are being fired, all occurred before mid-2013, when GSK were first accused by Chinese authorities of bribery.
Following the case, Mark Reilly, the former head of GSK in China, as well as four other executives, were given suspended sentences.
Source: thepaper.cn
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yet no news on doctors being punished for accepting money over patient care. Im sure the doctors are the victims here.
Mar 10, 2015 14:47 Report Abuse
Guilty of bribing doctors to prescribe their medicine? I can't even believe this is illegal in the first place. Oh, not that it shouldn't, but did anyone ever believed the Chinese doctors ever had their patients' needs rank first? At 10RMB a consult in hospitals? This news is only telling me that now only local companies are doing the bribing.
Mar 10, 2015 09:52 Report Abuse
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