Bribes are paid regularly by major foreign companies operating in China, the BBC has learned.Five employees sold drugs for a foreign company told the BBC that their companies to pay bribes in order to increase sales of their products.
No, they want to be identified fearing they will lose their job.
Beijing announced a broad investigation into the drug price-fixing bribery scandal engulfing the drug barons. GlaxoSmithKline.
One salesman said his company paid about $ 1,000 (£ 647) to get the product back on the shelves at a hospital.
"I do not refuse [to the doctor] that occurred in a foreign company," the salesman said. "It is difficult, and even if only a very few people get it," he added.
But he described the events of that product has been removed from the shelves of the hospital, which proved to be "difficult" for him and his company.
"If we follow the normal procedure to recover it is very complicated. It will cost a lot of money and energy. We are looking for a way to fast. "
He admits that, strictly speaking, the money paid out to ensure that the products may be returned to the shelves and bribes his manager signed off. He said it would cost more to achieve the same result through the official route.
"It may cost us more if we do not pay bribes. It will be a lot of money and energy, "he said.
Such disclosure is in accordance with the allegations of the month by the Chinese police, the British drug giant. GlaxoSmithKline. Participate in "Mafia-style behavior" GSK is accused of directing a £ 320m through travel agencies to facilitate kickbacks to doctors and staff.
Executive of the company said that the detained Chinese state television bribes paid by his company inflated the price of their products by a third.
GSK said it was co-operating with the investigation, China.
The cost of health care in China is expected to more than double by the end of this decade.
By checking drug possible editing unit are hoping to deal with the increased costs.
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