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2 July 2012 Last updated at 17:08 GMT

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GlaxoSmithKline is to pay $3bn (1.9bn) in
the largest healthcare fraud settlement in
US history.

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The drug giant is to plead guilty to promoting

two drugs for unapproved uses and failing to
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Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The settlement will cover criminal fines as well
as civil settlements with the federal and state
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Diabetes medication Avandia is one of the three

drugs concerned in the fraud case

The case concerns 10 drugs, including Paxil, Wellbutrin, Avandia and

Advair.
Deputy US Attorney General James Cole told a news conference in
Washington DC that the settlement was "unprecedented in both size and
scope".

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GSK, one of the world's largest healthcare and pharmaceuticals

companies, admitted to promoting antidepressants Paxil and Wellbutrin
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The illegal practice is known as off-label marketing.

The company also conceded charges that it held back data and made
unsupported safety claims over its diabetes drug Avandia.
It agreed to resolve civil liability for promoting asthma drug Advair and
two lesser-known drugs for unapproved uses.
In addition, GSK has been found guilty of paying kickbacks to doctors.

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"The sales force bribed physicians to prescribe GSK products using

every imaginable form of high-priced entertainment, from Hawaiian
vacations [and] paying doctors millions of dollars to go on speaking tours,
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As part of the settlement, GSK agreed to be monitored by government

officials for five years.

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GSK said in a statement it would pay the fines through existing cash
resources.
Andrew Witty, the firm's chief executive, said procedures for compliance,
marketing and selling had been changed at GSK's US unit.
"We have learnt from the mistakes that were made," Mr Witty said.
"When necessary, we have removed employees who have engaged in
misconduct."

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