Merck Tagged With Non-compliance In Japan For 3,600 Physicians' Unjustified Honoraria
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
TOKYO - Merck & Co. Inc - known as MSD in Japan - is trying to remediate internal oversight measurers quickly after it received a "strict warning" from an independent compliance council for improper payments to a total of 3,604 physicians in Japan between January 2009 and December 2010, which constituted violations of the Fair Competition Code
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