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.