written on 11.06.2014

What's the cure for China's corruption crackdown? Hire more locals

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Big Pharma's reputation in China has taken a bruising in the last year after an investigation into GlaxoSmithKline's use of bribery to power sales there spilled over to questions into Roche, Novo Nordisk and others. So what's the industry to do to burnish its image and smooth over the situation with authorities? Hire Chinese nationals who can figure out the puzzle box that is Chinese healthcare.