( July 19, 2017, 02:41 GMT | Insight) -- South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has decided to impose administrative measures including business suspensions and sales prohibitions on 19 pharmaceutical companies involved in providing illegal rebates, Doctors News reports.South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has decided to impose administrative measures including business suspensions and sales prohibitions on 19 pharmaceutical companies involved providing in illegal rebates, Doctors News reports. Earlier this year, prosecutors probed the companies for providing bribes to local medical personnel totaling 1 billion won ($888,419) to secure sales contracts. However, they decided to sanction only individual staff members, not the companies themselves. The government said that based on relevant law, a corporate body involved in providing illegal rebates should be punished, despite the position taken by prosecutors. The companies have decided to fight the ministry's decision and will file an administrative lawsuit, the report adds....
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