In exchange for massive prescriptions of Binocrit and Omnitrope, the doctors involved obtained gifts of all kinds from informants: travel, notebooks, jewels and contributions to associations.
by Editorial board – June 18, 2015 – those who the pharmacy magazine
Prescription scandal farm us Sandoz in exchange for gifts: for the first hearing, a postponement was requested due to the non-delivery of some notifications from the defendants.
The investigation into the case was closed in May 2012 and involved 48 people, including pharmaceutical informants of the multinational and doctors compliant from various hospitals Italians.
The vastness of the operation coordinated by the Public Prosecutor of Busto Arsizio through the deputy prosecutor Mirko Monti, owner of theinvestigation, involves former informants of the Sandoz Novartis, a multinational drug company based in Origgio, and doctors from many hospitals throughout Italy.
According to the investigations conducted by the Carabinieri Anti-Sophistication and Health Unit and by the Public Prosecutor's Office, it was ascertained that in exchange for massive prescriptions for Binocrit and Omnitrope, the doctors involved obtained gifts of all kinds from informants: trips, notebooks, jewels and contributions to associations.
From three to ten thousand euros, formally paid as fees for consultancy: reads the Sandoz information.
The accusatory castle in the hands of the Gup Luca Labianca, hypothesizes these crimes: criminal association, corruption, instigation to corruption, distribution and administration of drugs in order to cause damage to public health, extortion, fraud against the National Health Service, false documents, comparison.
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