Novartis Sales Reps Will Testify About Lavish Meals, U.S. Says
- Federal prosecutors urged a judge to set a trial date
- The Swiss drug company questioned extent of U.S.’s proof
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U.S. prosecutors said numerous Novartis AG sales representatives will testify they plied doctors with lavish meals, booze and other benefits in exchange for promises to prescribe the Swiss company’s drugs, as a seven-year-old case moves toward trial.
One sales representative said he and his colleagues were “essentially buying scripts” by providing health-care providers across the country with perks, including paid speaking opportunities at events with "little to no educational content," prosecutors said in a filing Monday in federal court in Manhattan.