Pfizer fined $2.3b for illegal drug promotions
China Daily | Updated: 2009-09-04 07:59
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Justice Department officials said the settlement is the largest paid by a drug company for alleged violations of federal drug rules. Bloomberg News |
WASHINGTON: Federal prosecutors hit Pfizer Inc with a record-breaking $2.3 billion in fines and called the world's largest drugmaker a repeating corporate cheat for illegal drug promotions that plied doctors with free golf, massages, and resort junkets.
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