Doctors, pharmaceutical company employees, charged with corruption

Czech police have charged 15 doctors and 19 employees at two pharmaceutical companies with corruption, the spokesman for the anti-corruption unit Jaroslav Ibehej has confirmed. The news was reported by Czech daily Mladá fronta Dnes. According to the daily, the doctors allegedly received kickbacks in return for pushing the pharmaceutical companies' products. Monies paid amounted to at least nine million crowns, but possibly ten of millions more; police are investigating an additional 200 doctors for possible involvement.

Author: Jan Velinger