China
GSK investigator charged in China
July 14, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing China, GSK, Witty, bribery, humphrey, sex tape
The man who GlaxoSmithKline paid to investigate an illegally produced sex tape of one its senior employees has been charged …
BASF and chemical giants building new MDI plant
July 1, 2014Manufacturing and Production BASF, China, Huntsman, SINOPEC, Shanghai, Shanghai Chlor-Alkali, Shanghai Hua Yi, mdi
BASF, Huntsman, Shanghai Hua Yi, Shanghai Chlor-Alkali and SINOPEC are teaming up to construct a new MDI plant in China. …
GSK China sex tape ‘sent to Witty’
June 30, 2014Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing China, GSK, Mark Reilly, Witty, corruption, sex tape
GlaxoSmithKline was scrambling to defend itself over the weekend as new details emerged concerning the extent of its suspected corruption …
India ‘likely’ to increase price caps
June 25, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing China, FDA, India, UK, pricing
India’s government is ‘likely’ to increase the number of drugs which are subject to price caps, according to a report …
China manufacturing slips in May
June 3, 2014Manufacturing and Production China, hsbc, manufacturing, pmi
Activity in China’s manufacturing sector slipped slightly in May, according to figures from HSBC, with the bank suggesting that the …
GSK now faces UK investigation
May 28, 2014Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing China, GSK, Poland, UK, bribery, corruption, iraq, sfo
The woes of GlaxoSmithKline look set to continue as the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched a criminal probe …
Authorities visit Roche China offices
May 23, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing China, GSK, Roche, Witty, hangzhou, saic
A unit of China’s antitrust regulator has visited Roche’s offices in Hangzhou, according to media reports. The pharma industry has …
GSK China head arrested over bribery charges
May 14, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing China, GSK, bribery, pharma, reilly
A British man who headed-up GlaxoSmithKline’s troubled China business has been charged with two other executives on charges of bribery …
WuXi begins US plant
May 2, 2014Manufacturing and Production CMO, China, NY, Shanghai, US, WuXi, pharmatech
Contract manufacturing organisation WuXi PharmaTech has begun work on a new facility in Philadelphia’s Navy Yard for the production of …
GSK sees profit fall
May 1, 2014Sales and Marketing Advair, China, GSK, Novartis, Q1, Seretide, Witty
GlaxoSmithKline has seen revenue and profit plummet in the first quarter of 2014. The UK-based company saw turnover fall 13% …
GSK ‘to employ more doctors’
April 22, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing China, Poland, gsk. doctors, shannon
GlaxoSmithKline is to employ more doctors as members of staff in a bid to ensure that the company is seen …
GSK bribery controversy spreads to Poland
April 14, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing China, FDA, GSK, Witty, bribery, cctv, iraq
Poland has become the latest country in a string of bribery claims to hit GSK as it faces legal action …
GSK China rep speaks out over ‘bribery culture’
April 2, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing China, GSK, Shanghai, Witty, bribery, sales
A former sales representative for GlaxoSmithKline has spoken of the firm’s alleged tactics in bribing poorly paid doctors in China …
GSK’s Witty loses bonus over China scandal
February 28, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing China, GSK, Witty, sales, sir andrew
GlaxoSmithKline’s chief executive Sir Andrew Witty received bonuses “lower than they otherwise might have been” last year due to the …
