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Pfizer Fights Claim It Fired Executive Who Raised Graft Concerns
- US agencies were in touch with former employee, lawyer says
- China is raising scrutiny of health-care companies: report
A Pfizer Inc. office in New York City.
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Pfizer Inc. is fighting a lawsuit by a former employee who alleges he was fired after he raised concerns about the company paying tens of millions of dollars to government officials in China, where the drugmaker’s business practices have been under US review.
A federal court in California, where the case was moved from state court earlier this month, is scheduled to hear the New York-based drugmaker’s arguments to dismiss much of the lawsuit in December. The former compliance officer has been in touch with the Securities and Exchange Commission and Justice Department about his findings, according to his lawyer.