"...The letters are the first indication of the global sweep of the probe and the departments willingness to engage the upper crust of the pharmaceutical industry using the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which makes it illegal to pay foreign officials to obtain or keep business. The companies implicated in the investigation are all Fortune 500 companies and considered titans in the pharmaceutical world...."
Wow! Are the MHRA officials included as 'foreign officials'?
After all, they're the watchdogs who are paid 100% by the pharmaceutical industry...