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               China Fines British Drug Maker Nearly $500 Million

   by VOA News

   A Chinese court has fined British drug giant GlaxoSmithKline $490
   million and sentenced its British former country manager and others to
   prison for bribing doctors and hospitals to use its products.

   The official Xinhua news agency said the fine, imposed Friday by a
   court in Changsha in central Hunan province, is the biggest penalty
   ever imposed by a Chinese court.

   The court also sentenced Mark Reilly, the former head of GSK in China,
   and other executives to between two and four years in prison.

   Police accused Reilly of ordering GSK employees to bribe hospitals,
   doctors and health institutions to gain billions of dollars in illegal
   revenue.
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