{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Ethical Nag","provider_url":"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org","author_name":"Carolyn Thomas","author_url":"https:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/author\/czthomas\/","title":"Foreign intrigue: when drug companies bribe doctors","type":"link","html":"In April, the drug giant Johnson & Johnson was fined $70 million for bribing doctors in several European countries - and paying kickbacks to Iraq - in order to illegally obtain business, even though the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act forbids U.S. companies from bribing foreign government officials. Perhaps J & J missed that memo . . .  \r\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/carolynthomas.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/12\/bribe-2.jpg?fit=440%2C330","thumbnail_width":145,"thumbnail_height":227}