Fraud Office investigate GSK on bribery allegations

Posted on 29 May 2014 by Tim Brown

The Director of the SFO has opened a criminal investigation into the commercial practices of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and its subsidiaries following allegations of corruption in China.

GSK is also investigating claims that staff have been involved in bribery in Poland, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon. GSK, the largest British pharmaceuticals company, was involved in a corruption scandal last year when Chinese officials accused it of operating a bribery network in the country to bribe doctors to use its…

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