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2 Ono Employees Found Guilty for Onoact Bribery Charges; Scholarship Donation in Spotlight
Two employees of Ono Pharmaceutical were found guilty and received suspended jail terms on June 29 over their bribery charges linked to Onoact (landiolol), the company’s anti-arrhythmic drug. The ruling could rekindle a debate over “scholarship donations” (shogaku-kifu) in Japan,…
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