the beeb said:GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is to pay $3bn (£1.9bn) in the largest healthcare fraud settlement in US history.
BBC News - GlaxoSmithKline to pay $3bn in US drug fraud scandal
GSK, one of the world's largest healthcare and pharmaceuticals companies, admitted to promoting antidepressants Paxil and Wellbutrin for unapproved uses, including treatment of children and adolescents.
I noticed the drugs Paxil and Wellbutrin crop up on this forum, has anyone here been put on these drugs as a child or teen? Maybe you should get a lawyer?
Doctors bribed
"The sales force bribed physicians to prescribe GSK products using every imaginable form of high-priced entertainment, from Hawaiian vacations [and] paying doctors millions of dollars to go on speaking tours, to tickets to Madonna concerts," said US attorney Carmin Ortiz.
Disgraceful! If you cannot trust your GP, who can you trust! My diabetic great aunt has been affected by this over in the states, my mum is fuming! (I should point out that my mum and her family are American)
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