doctor bribe convicted Pharmaceutical Company Forced to Pay $3 Billion Over Faking Research, Bribing Doctors

by Michael Belkin
The Refusers

GlaxoSmithKline is a top 3 global vaccine manufacturer. This settlement does not involve vaccines, but this is the same Glaxo that was fined $88,000 ‘for the killing of 14 babies during illegal lab vaccine trials conducted between 2007 and 2008.’ according to the Buenos Aires Herald.

The Lancet medical journal commented that this Argentine dead baby vaccine scandal exposes inadequate ‘ethical and procedural standards of trials done in developing regions of the world.’ Duh. This settlement shows Glaxo follows similar unethical business practices in the developed world with its primary pharmaceutical products.

An Australian professor wrote a revealing article about how Glaxo manipulates research evidence in medical journals. He gained this insight through internal company documents he had access to during a lawsuit.

Bottom line? If you think corrupt and dishonest drug companies are being honest about vaccine safety, efficacy and adverse reactions, you have been deceived by their marketing and PR departments. Glaxo is pleading guilty and paying a criminal fine of $1 billion for misreporting efficacy data and failing to report adverse safety data from post marketing studies.

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GlaxoSmithKline to Plead Guilty and Pay $3 Billion to Resolve Fraud Allegations and Failure to Report Safety Data

Largest Health Care Fraud Settlement in U.S. History

Global health care giant GlaxoSmithKline LLC (GSK) agreed to plead guilty and to pay $3 billion to resolve its criminal and civil liability arising from the company’s unlawful promotion