American detained in Shanghai as GSK bribery inquiry spreads

A US citizen has been detained in China in connection with probes sparked by an unfolding corruption scandal in the drugs industry, as China widens the range of international firms and staff under the spotlight.

Police have also questioned two more Chinese employees from British drugmaker AstraZeneca in Shanghai, after a local sales representative was taken away for questioning earlier.

And China’s Health Ministry said 39 hospital staff would be punished for taking bribes from two drug companies. The firms involved were not identified.

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