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Jail Terms Sought for 2 Ono Employees over Onoact-Tied Bribery Charges
Prosecutors on May 31 sought prison sentences for two employees of Ono Pharmaceutical over charges that they gave 2 million yen in bribes to a university hospital professor in exchange for receiving increased prescriptions of Onoact (landiolol), the company’s anti-arrhythmic…
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