Police quiz GlaxoSmithKline staff over bribery claims

Staff at drugs manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline in China are to be questioned as part of an investigation into alleged bribery of hospitals and doctors by employees of the pharmaceutical giant.

It is alleged employees were said to have given free travel as "large bribes" to doctors, hospitals, foundations and medical associations in order "to open new sales channels and increase drug revenues," a statement from China's police ministry said.