Japan's health ministry has filed a criminal complaint against a local arm of Swiss-based drug maker Novartis over its use of manipulated clinical data in its advertisements.
The ministry filed the complaint with the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's office on Thursday against Novartis Pharma and its officials in charge of advertising.It alleges the company violated Japan's pharmaceutical affairs law with exaggerated advertising for its blood pressure-lowering drug known as Diovan over 2 years through 2012.
Studies on the effect of the drug were found to contain manipulated data. A former employee of Novartis Pharma was involved in studies conducted at several Japanese universities.
Source: NHK
Studies on the effect of the drug were found to contain manipulated data. A former employee of Novartis Pharma was involved in studies conducted at several Japanese universities.
Source: NHK
