He also negotiates the eighth company. Even AstraZeneca, one of the nine companies involved in the "Farmatruffa" hypothesized by the public prosecutor's office, decides to negotiate. And before the preliminary hearing judge Chiara Civitano, he proposes to pay the treasury 900 thousand euros, to close the proceeding on the "criminal liability of legal persons" which otherwise could lead to the stop of the activity, as requested by the investigating office. The sums paid (or materially still to be paid) by eight of the nine companies involved in the investigation therefore rise to around four million euros: Bracco, GlaxoSmithKline, Biofutura, Novartis, AstraZeneca, Lusofarmaco, Recordati and Bristol. Instead, the proceeding concerning Pfizer has led to an expert report, which is in progress. The Gazzetta Del Mezzogiorno of 09/28/2007 ed. Bari p. 35
