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GlaxoSmithKline
Medicines Australia Code of Conduct Violations
Date: 07/26/2008 (Date of Media Account)
Misconduct Type: Ethics
Enforcement Agency: International
Contracting Party: None
Court Type: N/A
Amount: $310,000
Disposition: Fine
Synopsis: Medicines Australia, a pharmaceutical industry trade group, assessed fines on GlaxoSmithKline Australia for infractions of the group’s code of conduct. GSKA was the subject of complaints by rival companies and was made to pay $100,000 in two separate decisions for distributing misleading promotional material about its products. GSKA was also fined $210,000 for code violations in regard to three doctors' conferences sponsored by the company.
