Western Pharma Giants Paid Millions to Russian Distributors Linked to Fraud, Whistleblower Report Says

Moscow Times2 November 2026, 17:57 UTCRussia

The payments by Merck, Eli Lilly, Novartis and AstraZeneca allegedly helped fund a corruption scheme that kept drug prices high and limited competition across Russia’s public healthcare system.

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