CITES PLEASE??


Yeah, like that will happen. ;-)

Wink wink Chard. Here you go, HON.

Let's see....

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/arti...mparchives2007

Drug companies have been prosecuted for conspiracy, bribery and offering
illegal remuneration in violation of the federal Anti-Kickback Act.

(snips)

"Under the AMA's ethical guidelines, gifts to physicians "should benefit
patients and should not be of substantial value." In 2002, the
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, or PhRMA, a drug
industry trade organization, recommended that gifts should not exceed $100
in value."

"Campbell likened drug companies giving gifts to doctors to baseball owners
giving gifts to umpires."

In 2005, Serono pleaded guilty to five anti-kickback violations, including
bribery charges. It agreed to pay the government $704 million, including
more than $136 million in criminal penalties. In 2004, Adam Stupak, a former
Serono sales director, pleaded guilty to kickback charges.

"In a similar case in 2001, TAP Pharmaceutical Products, based in Lake
Forest, Ill., agreed to pay $885 million to settle kickback charges. Like
Serono, individual TAP executives in 2004 also were acquitted on similar
charges."

Also, it's an industry ethics code.

http://www.phrma.org/files/PhRMA%20M...ode%202008.pdf