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Originally Posted by Bill Douglas
Another thing the drug companies do is put on "conferences" so the doctors prescribe their brand of drugs (relevent to the topic - opiods.).
My GF worked on a drug trial and was always flying first class, the best hotels etc to go to a conference in Berlin or Sydney. She told me not a lot was said other than it's all going well and enjoy yourself while here in Berlin...
That way it's not a bribe or a back hander.
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Those practices led to the passage of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) 2013?. My company had a huge problem in China with this corruption and IIRC twelve executives were fired immediately but I don't remember if China imprisoned them.
The conferences still go on but they are under close scrutiny. Still a long way to go though.