Unethical pharmaceutical practices


  • Criminal activities of pharmacists
  • Illegal dispensing of drugs
  • Pharmaceutical malpractice
  • Corruption in pharmaceutical industry
  • Blackmail involving drugs
  • Unfair pharmaceutical practices
  • Fraudulent pharmaceutical practices

Incidence

In 2009, Pfizer (and its subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn Company) paid US$ 2.3 billion to settle criminal and civil liabilities for illegal promotion of their pharmaceutical products. The amount included payment of more than $102 million in civil settlement to six whistleblowers of the company’s fraudulent practices.

In Brazil, thousands of children were born with deformities due to misinformation and ignorance about the use of the drug Thalidomide as a cure for leprosy.


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