UK watchdog accuses GSK over "pay-for-delay" drug deals

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UK watchdog accuses GSK over "pay-for-delay" drug deals

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uk-watchdog-accuses-gsk-over-pay-delay-drug-063458454--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mjGsiZ97b4wamYj5.X3HVg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-19T063458Z_1_CBRE93I0IAK00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Signage is pictured on the company headquarters of GlaxoSmithKline in west London" align="left" title="Signage is pictured on the company headquarters of GlaxoSmithKline in west London" border="0" /></a>By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's competition body accused GlaxoSmithKline of market abuse for striking deals with three generic drugmakers that paid them to delay launching cheap copies of its antidepressant Seroxat. GSK, Britain's biggest drugmaker, said it believed it had acted lawfully. If it is found to have broken the law, it could be fined up to 10 percent of its worldwide turnover, which amounted to 26.4 billion pounds ($40.4 billion) in 2012. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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