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GlaxoSmithKline suspected of paying to delay release of generics

By Sophie Mosca | 23 April 2013

The UK’s largest pharmaceuticals group, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), is suspected by the national competition authority, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), of having paid generic drug manufacturers to delay the release of a generic version of one of its anti-depressants. This is a typical example of a...

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