Group of 7 (code name "whiskey") Reports Unethical AZ Behavior to OIG

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Group of 7 (code name "whiskey") Reports Unethical AZ Behavior to OIG

Posted: April 12, 2007

This just in from Peter Rost (personal communication):

"We are a group of 7 honest AstraZeneca employees scattered around headquarters and field sales.
Our goal is for AstraZeneca to once again become an ethical pharmaceutical company.
We have been reporting unethical behavior to the Code of Conduct hotline 888 244-1769) for years. However, the company continues to violate policies developed under the HHS OIG Corporate Integrity Agreement. We are afraid that AZ is not properly notifying OIG

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