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Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline uses kickbacks, bribes in China

Executives from GlaxoSmithKline, the British drug giant, has admitted to using bribes, kickbacks and other fraudulent means to bolster drug sales in China.   The Ministry of Public Security said people working for the drug maker had bribed doctors, hospitals and government officials and funneled illicit payoffs through travel agencies, pharmaceutical industry associations and project financing. […]

Drugging american youth

Nearly one in five high school age boys in the United States and 11 percent of school-age children over all have received a medical diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, according to new data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/01/health/more-diagnoses-of-hyperactivity-causing-concern.html?src=me&ref=general The figures showed that an estimated 6.4 million children ages 4 […]