Pharmaceutical giant today said it would stop paying doctors to promote its products through speaking engagements and end linking compensation for its sales representatives to the number of prescriptions doctors write.
GlaxoSmithKline also plans to stop payments to healthcare professionals for attending medical conferences.
The initiative…
North Korea’s state news outlets have erased tens of thousands of articles archived on their websites, following the execution of leader Kim Jong-Un’s uncle, according to a watchdog site.
About 35,000 articles have disappeared from the website of the North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), as well as 65,000 articles in Spanish,…
Deep in the Bavarian countryside lies the home of German toymaker Playmobil, the centre of a universe of little plastic people who turn 40 next year but haven’t aged a bit.
The nondescript building in Zirndorf is the birthplace of Playmobil’s 7.5-centimetre figurines with their signature round heads and smiling faces as simple as a child’s…
Indonesia’s central bank estimates growth of Islamic banking assets will slow next year due to rising pressure from trade deficits and a depreciation in the rupiah, a Bank Indonesia report showed.
Authorities in Southeast Asia’s largest economy now plan to introduce an array of policies to develop the sector, ranging from regulating foreign…
Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (Abim) memandang berat laporan cadangan pelantikan Ketua Biskop baru untuk Gereja Katolik di Malaysia yang dikatakan akan dilantik di kalangan mereka yang tegas terutamanya untuk memperjuangkan kes nama Allah.
Presiden Abim, Amidi Abd Manan, berkata Abim berpendapat situasi ini seperti ingin mencetuskan kegusaran…
Kenaikan pelbagai harga barangan dan perkhidmatan yang berturut-turut sejak kebelakangan ini memang boleh membuatkan darah rakyat turut menaik saja. Kerajaan yang kononnya berpaksikan slogan “rakyat didahulukan” dan menjanjikan mimpi yang indah-indah semasa pilihan raya lalu, kini dilihat seperti melupai janji sendiri dengan tidak sabar-sabar…
Angela Merkel is due to be sworn in today for a rare third term as German chancellor, capping months of political uncertainty as she bartered with her rivals to help govern Europe’s top economy.
Eighty-six days after Merkel, 59, swept to victory in elections but failed to grab an outright majority, the Bundestag lower house of parliament will…
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame today announced that Nirvana, Kiss, Peter Gabriel, Hall and Oates, Cat Stevens and Linda Ronstadt will be inducted next year.
The Cleveland, Ohio institution also said Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles from 1962 until his death in 1967, will be inducted for Lifetime Achievement.
So will Rolling Stones…
Putrajaya should renegotiate with highway concessionaires to avoid increasing the toll rates, says Penang Gerakan.
Its secretary, Oh Tong Keong, said a toll hike would have a domino effect on the price of goods, notably transport charges.
“Putrajaya must find a solution to prevent highway toll increase. The Government, which has shares in…
Pharmaceutical giant today said it would stop paying doctors to promote its products through speaking engagements and end linking compensation for its sales representatives to the number of prescriptions doctors write.
GlaxoSmithKline also plans to stop payments to healthcare professionals for attending medical conferences.
The initiative…
A severe earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale has been recorded off the coast of Fiordland, shaking New Zealand’s Southland region early today.
The 6.2-magnitude was centred 125km west of Tuatapere and registered at a depth of 25km at 1.07am local time today, Xinhua news agency reported.
No damages or casualties were reported.
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