Doctors Bribery

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  No Brand Names, Prescribing Generic Drugs Should Be A Must: Supreme Court

  Doctors should only prescribe generic medicines and not any particular brand, as has been ordered in Rajasthan, the Supreme Court remarked today while hearing a petition seeking regulation of unethical marketing practices by pharmaceutical companies.

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  Tripura University Vice Chancellor Caught In "Bribe" Sting, Resigns

  The Vice Chancellor of Tripura University was caught on camera allegedly accepting bribes from a Kolkata-based printing firm in exchange for the award of a contract worth Rs 60 lakh

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  Drug Firm Founder, Executives Convicted In Opioid Bribery Scheme

  The founder of Insys Therapeutics Inc became the highest-ranking pharmaceutical executive to be convicted in a case tied to the US opioid crisis, when he and four colleagues were found guilty of participating in a scheme to bribe doctors

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  Fortis Hospital Gurgaon Faces Bribery Charges From Parents Of Deceased 7-Year-Old

  Jayant Singh, father of 7-year-old Adya Singh, who died in Fortis Hospital, Gurgaon, accused the hospital of bribery for stopping his social media campaign against the hospital

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  Indian-American Doctor Sentenced to 9 Months in Jail for Bribery

  An Indian-American doctor has been sentenced to nine-months in jail for taking kickbacks for diagnostic testing referrals of his patients and failing to file tax returns on $1 million of income over a three-year period.

• Doctor Caught in NDTV Investigation Arrested

  A doctor in Delhi has been arrested after he was caught on camera in an NDTV investigation that exposed doctors accepting bribes in exchange for pushing expensive and often unnecessary drugs on patients.

• Doctors Caught Taking Bribes. NDTV Expose Raised in Parliament

  A day after NDTV's expose showed doctors in Delhi agreeing to prescribe drugs in exchange for kickbacks, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said in Parliament that "unethical practices" will be urgently tackled and that "adequate action" will follow.

• Indian-American doctor gets 46 months in jail for bribery

  An Indian-American radiologist who owned and operated a diagnostic testing center in New Jersey has been sentenced to 46 months in prison for overseeing a sprawling cash-for-patients scheme to bribe other doctors for testing referrals.

• GSK faces bribery investigation in Poland: report

  The BBC reported that 11 doctors and a GSK regional manager have been charged over alleged corruption between 2010 and 2012.

• Glaxo says it will stop paying doctors to promote drugs

  The announcement appears to be a first for a major drug company - although others may be considering similar moves - and it comes at a particularly sensitive time for Glaxo. It is the subject of a bribery investigation in China, where authorities contend the company funneled illegal payments to doctors and government officials in an effort to lift ...

• Doctors in Lucknow caught on video demanding bribe

  Some doctors at the Balrampur Hospital in Lucknow have been caught on a video clip recorded on a mobile phone demanding bribe for admitting patients in the emergency ward, an official said on Saturday.