Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Novartis Japan unit charged over research manipulation

TOKYO, July 1 – Japanese prosecutors Tuesday laid charges against the local unit of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis in a widening scandal over claims that falsified data were used to exaggerate the benefits of a popular blood pressure drug. Prosecutors also indicted former employee Nobuo Shirahashi, 63, alleging he manipulated the data in clinical studies […]

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