Pfizer, the world’s largest drug maker, must pay a record $2.3b (€1.1bn) civil and criminal penalty over unlawful prescription drug promotions.

US FEDERAL prosecutors hit Pfizer with a record-breaking $2.3 billion (€1.61bn) in fines yesterday and called the world’s largest drug maker a repeating corporate cheat for illegal drug promotions that plied doctors with free golf, massages, and resort junkets.

The world’s largest drug maker Pfizer must pay a record US$2.3bn ($1.6bn) civil and criminal penalty over unlawful prescription drug promotions.

England’s Rebecca Hudson fired a seven-under-par 65 to take the halfway lead at the S4C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe.

IRELAND’S women golfers were fuming last night at throwing away a golden opportunity to open their Home International campaign at Frilford Heath in Oxfordshire with a victory over champions England.