The Buenos Aires Herald (BAH) reports that a paper issued by the National Administration of Medicine, Food and Technology found GSK to be in violation of the law for participating in vaccine experiments that are illegal in both the US and Europe.
More on BuenosAiresHerald.com
http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/88922/gsk-lab-fined-over-vaccine-tests-that-killed-14--babies
GSK is a Global Compact participant since 2007/08/10
This blog provides information on how U.N. Global Compact participants' walk the talk. The GC is a voluntary initiative at the strategic level to engage businesses towards sustainability principles. There is however a risk of 'blue-washing' by covering up corporate misbehaviour and law infringement from large MNEs through poorly enforced 'Integrity Measures' and weak U.N supervision. Let's 'WE', civil society stay tuned!
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Saturday, November 5, 2011
GSK Breaks Record with $3 Billion Penalty for Illegal Drug Marketing
Early November 2011, Global Compact participant GlaxoSmithKline announced it would pay USD 3 billion to resolve federal government civil and criminal investigations into its sales practices for numerous drugs. The cases included allegations of illegal selling of Avandia, a diabetes drug linked to heart risks, as well as paying doctors and manipulating medical research to promote the drug.
GlaxoSmithKline is a Global Compact participant since 2007/08/10
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GlaxoSmithKline is a Global Compact participant since 2007/08/10
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