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Conflict Of Interest In Vaccine Research, Licensing & Policymaking Michael Belkin alleges scientific fraud of recommending administration of vaccines that have not been tested properly for safety. http://www.laleva.cc/choice/vaccine_bekin.html

Legal roadshow rolls on to Brazil Campaigners say that the companies are picking a fight with local legislation to intimidate developing countries into buying medicines at prices set by them. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4172774,00.html

Merck Under Fire for AIDS Study on Volunteer Patients in Brazil Activists claim that the study was done in Brazil for the relative ease in finding HIV-infected volunteers who were "treatment virgins." http://www.aegis.com/news/mh/1997/MH970302.html

Vitamin Cartel Fined for Price Fixing The companies fixed prices in the European market through a cartel that had a "formal structure and hierarchy," including a regular exchange of sales figures and pricing data. http://www.guardian.co.uk/medicalscience/story/0,1129,603206,00.html

Merck 'exaggerated' revenue in accounts As investors fret over company accounts, a unit of the US drug giant says it booked $12.4bn in revenue that was never collected. [BBC News] (July 8, 2002) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2115428.stm

Merck recorded revenue it never collected Drugmaker recorded $14B in revenue since '99 that it never actually collected. (July 8, 2002) http://money.cnn.com/2002/07/08/news/companies/merck/

DOJ/Antitrust Lawsuit Against Merck for Price Fixing Legal brief. Allegations include participation in conspiracy to suppress and eliminate competition by fixing the price and allocating the volume of vitamin C manufactured and sold. (May 5, 2000) http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/f4600/4688.htm