Harry Cassin
Publisher and Editor
Andy Spalding
Senior Editor
Jessica Tillipman
Senior Editor
Bill Steinman
Senior Editor
Richard L. Cassin
Editor at Large
Elizabeth K. Spahn
Editor Emeritus
Cody Worthington
Contributing Editor
Julie DiMauro
Contributing Editor
Thomas Fox
Contributing Editor
Marc Alain Bohn
Contributing Editor
Bill Waite
Contributing Editor
Shruti J. Shah
Contributing Editor
Russell A. Stamets
Contributing Editor
Richard Bistrong
Contributing Editor
Eric Carlson
Contributing Editor
A federal judge in Philadelphia Friday dismissed a civil complaint against UK-based GlaxoSmithKline brought by a British private investigator and his American wife and their China-based company.
Peter Humphrey and Yu Yingzeng, his wife and business partner, sued GSK a year ago.… Continue Reading
A report by David Barboza of the New York Times details how an apparently highly-placed whistleblower in GlaxoSmithKline’s China operation sent the head office in London a series of long, well-written memos about illegal sales practices that directors, executives, and auditors chose to ignore.… Continue Reading
Here’s some non-U.S. news from the past year about anti-corruption enforcement against individuals:
GSK’s former head of China operations, Mark Reilly, a UK national, was given a three-year prison sentence.… Continue Reading
Let’s go straight to some news from beyond America’s shores during the past year.
SBM Offshore paid $240 million to Dutch authorities to settle allegations that it bribed government officials in Angola, Brazil, and Equatorial Guinea.… Continue Reading
A court in China fined UK pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline $490 million Friday following a conviction for bribery.
GSK’s former head of China operations, Mark Reilly, was given a three-year prison sentence that was suspended, the BBC said.… Continue Reading
The photo released by the Shanghai court shows Peter Humphrey (left) and his wife Yu Yingzeng (in red)The British investigator who once worked for GlaxoSmithKline was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in jail for trafficking personal data in China.… Continue Reading
Press reports that GlaxoSmithKline fired employees of its China unit in 2001 for paying bribes to government officials could complicate the company’s defense of current allegations about illegal sales practices in several countries.… Continue Reading
Prosecutors in China have filed formal charges against British private investigator Peter Humphrey and his American wife, the state-controlled Xinhua news agency said Monday.
Humphrey and Yu Yingzeng, his wife and business partner, were arrested a year ago.… Continue Reading
The trial of a British corporate investigator and his American wife who once worked with GlaxoSmithKline will be closed to the public and foreign consular officials, the South China Morning Post reported Thursday.… Continue Reading
GlaxoSmith Kline PLC is under investigation by the UK Serious Fraud Office for possible criminal violations, the pharma said Tuesday.
In a two-sentence statement, UK-based GSK said it had been informed by the SFO of a formal criminal investigation into GSK’s commercial practices.… Continue Reading
Chinese police Wednesday charged the British former boss of GlaxoSmithKline’s China unit and two other company executives with corruption for bribing health officials and doctors.
A Ministry of Public Security official said in Beijing that Mark Reilly (pictured) and two Chinese executives, Zhang Guowei and Zhao Hongyan, offered bribes to hospital personnel and doctors to boost GSK’s sales.… Continue Reading
