Tokyo prosecutors raid Novartis Japan offices in probe

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Tokyo prosecutors raid Novartis Japan offices in probe

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tokyo-prosecutors-raid-novartis-japan-unit-probe-kyodo-100120664--finance.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fW3fpjpNCnRIyj7CI9_qWA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-02-19T100120Z_1_CBREA1I0RUA00_RTROPTP_2_NOVARTIS-RESULTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Logo of Swiss drugmaker Novartis is seen at its headquarters in Basel" align="left" title="Logo of Swiss drugmaker Novartis is seen at its headquarters in Basel" border="0" /></a>Prosecutors in Tokyo raided offices of Swiss drugmaker Novartis on Wednesday as part of an investigation into alleged use of manipulated data to promote its best-selling blood pressure drug Diovan. Japan's health ministry filed a criminal complaint against Novartis's local unit in January, saying it may have violated the law when it cited studies based on allegedly manipulated data in advertising. Novartis said at the time that it had implemented corrective measures. Anyone found guilty of exaggerated advertising of drugs in Japan can be punished with up to two years in prison or a fine of as much as two million yen ($19,100), or both.</p><br clear="all"/>

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