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| + | '''Swedish Officials Investigating Nobel Prize Board''' <ref>Rothelius, S.[http://www.dagensmedicin.se/nyheter/2008/12/10/aklagare-utreder-nobelstif/index.xml Astra Zenecas samarbete med Nobelstiftelsen ifrågasatt]''Dagins Medicin'' Accessed on January, 29,2008 </ref> | ||
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| + | * 'The Nobel Prize Committee is facing criminal investigation of bribery and corruption after allegedly taking huge payments from a pharmaceutical company that directly benefits from the work of 2008’s Nobel Prize winner in medicine.' <ref>Farber, C.[http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/nobel_prize_bribery/2008/12/12/161399.html Swedish Officials Investigating Nobel Prize Board]''Newsmax'' Accessed on January, 29,2008 </ref> | ||
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| + | * The allegation was initially reported in the European trade press and absent from Sweden's major daily newspapers. | ||
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| + | * According to Swedish trade journal '''Dagens Medicin''', two Nobel-affiliated corporations - [[Nobel Media]] and [[Nobel Webb]] - are accused of taking 'many millions' of dollars from Swedish-American pharmaceutical giant [[AstraZeneca]]. | ||
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| + | * Two Swedish academics on the committee have close ties to AstraZeneca – one sits on the company's board of directors, while the other was a former consultant to then pharmaceutical company. | ||
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| + | * Part of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to [[Harald zur Hausen]], a German scientist who discovered the links between the [[Human Papilloma Virus]] ([[HPV]]) and cervical cancer. | ||
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| + | * 'The discovery could be a financial bonanza for AstraZeneca, which holds the patents on ingredients in the vaccines used to fight the viruses.' <ref>Ibid.</ref> | ||
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| + | * AstraZeneca could make millions from [[Gardasil]], made by [[Merck]], as well as [[GlaxoSmithKline]]'s [[Cervarix]], thanks to patents it holds. | ||
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| + | * The pharmaceutical giant denies any wrongdoing. | ||
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Swedish Officials Investigating Nobel Prize Board [1]
- 'The Nobel Prize Committee is facing criminal investigation of bribery and corruption after allegedly taking huge payments from a pharmaceutical company that directly benefits from the work of 2008’s Nobel Prize winner in medicine.' [2]
- The allegation was initially reported in the European trade press and absent from Sweden's major daily newspapers.
- According to Swedish trade journal Dagens Medicin, two Nobel-affiliated corporations - Nobel Media and Nobel Webb - are accused of taking 'many millions' of dollars from Swedish-American pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca.
- Two Swedish academics on the committee have close ties to AstraZeneca – one sits on the company's board of directors, while the other was a former consultant to then pharmaceutical company.
- Part of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Harald zur Hausen, a German scientist who discovered the links between the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and cervical cancer.
- 'The discovery could be a financial bonanza for AstraZeneca, which holds the patents on ingredients in the vaccines used to fight the viruses.' [3]
- AstraZeneca could make millions from Gardasil, made by Merck, as well as GlaxoSmithKline's Cervarix, thanks to patents it holds.
- The pharmaceutical giant denies any wrongdoing.
