Healthy Skepticism Library item: 18793

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Publication type: Journal Article

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Two doctors in Germany are convicted of taking bribes from drug company
BMJ 2010 Nov 9; 341:
http://www.bmj.com/content/341/bmj.c6359.extract

Abstract:

Two doctors in Germany have been convicted of bribery for accepting money from a drug firm for prescribing its drugs.

The two non-hospital doctors were found guilty at the district court in Ulm of accepting €19 000 (£16 400; $26 400) in return for prescribing generic drugs made by the company Ratiopharm. The two doctors have appealed against the suspended sentence of one year in prison and a fine of €20 000.

However, the court decision has been hailed as a breakthrough in the fight …