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Monday, November 7, 2011

AstraZeneca Indicted In Serbia For Alleged Bribery

"AstraZeneca PLC said Monday [07-11-2011] in a securities filing that it was criminally indicted in Serbia for alleged bribery."

AstraZeneca is a Global Compact participant since 2010/01/08.

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NOTE:
The S.E.C. filing says : "In August 2011, AstraZeneca UK Limited’s Representative Office in Belgrade, Serbia was served with a criminal indictment relating to allegations that local employees of AstraZeneca made allegedly improper payments to physicians at the Institute of Oncology and Radiology of Serbia. AstraZeneca has filed a number of preliminary procedural objections, which ask the Serbian criminal court to dismiss the indictment against the Representative Office."

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