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doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7461.308

BMJ 2004;329:308 (7 August), doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7461.308

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Drug company fined: Schering-Plough has pleaded guilty and agreedto a $350m (£190m; ${euro}$ 290m) settlement for overcharging Medicaid,the US government programme for poorer people. The firm admittedgiving grants to private health providers for education andmarketing for patients on condition the providers bought itsdrugs at high prices (3 July, p 10).

MSF leaves Afghanistan: After suspending its 24 year missionin Afghanistan (12 June, p 1398) Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF) has finally pulled out completely. It blamed Kabul's failureto react to the deaths of five of its staff, and it denouncedcoalition "attempts to co-opt humanitarian aid," saying, "wesimply cannot sacrifice the security of our volunteers whilewarring parties seek to target and kill humanitarian workers."

Female president hits out at women doctors: Interviewed in theIndependent newspaper (2 August) Carol Black, president of theUnited Kingdom's Royal College of Physicians, said that . . . [Full text of this article]

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