http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/pfizer-accused-of-cozying-up-to-korean-regulators/ News, Comment and Conversation Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:36:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/pfizer-accused-of-cozying-up-to-korean-regulators/#comment-383033 Observer Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:31:47 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=18050#comment-383033 While it is difficult to defend a company as corrupt as Pfizer, particularly under Ian Read's commercial direction, it is comical to hear the cries that “it’s not fair for HIRA to apply different standards to local and foreign firms" in South Korea. Historically, different standards have been the norm with advantages going to local companies who have paid the "price." It is therefore not difficult to conclude that Pfizer is either overtly paying (e.g., so-called "clinical studies") or covertly (no explanation necessary) contrubuting to what has historically been a corrupt industry and ministry in the Republic of Korea. While it is difficult to defend a company as corrupt as Pfizer, particularly under Ian Read’s commercial direction, it is comical to hear the cries that “it’s not fair for HIRA to apply different standards to local and foreign firms” in South Korea. Historically, different standards have been the norm with advantages going to local companies who have paid the “price.” It is therefore not difficult to conclude that Pfizer is either overtly paying (e.g., so-called “clinical studies”) or covertly (no explanation necessary) contrubuting to what has historically been a corrupt industry and ministry in the Republic of Korea.

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