The new Minister of Health specifies that she will reserve “the discussions that I should have with the competent authorities in the following days”.
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“As part of my role as pharmacist, an investigation is indeed underway”confirmed Friday December 22 on France Bleu Normandie the interim Minister of Health Agnès Firmin Le Bodo, accused by Mediapart of having received gifts worth 20,000 euros from Urgo laboratories as a pharmacist without them. have declared.
The minister specifies that she will reserve “the discussions that I should have with the competent authorities in the following days”.
The prosecution has so far only confirmed the opening of an investigation for “unauthorized perception by a health professional of advantages provided by a person producing or marketing health products”, without giving the identity of the pharmacists. targeted by the investigation.
An investigation to seek the responsibilities of the pharmacists involved
In January 2023, two branches of Urgo laboratories were condemned for “unauthorized offer or provision of benefits to a member of a health profession by a legal entity providing a health service”, by the Dijon public prosecutor’s office, learned Friday December 23 franceinfo in the report of the decision dating from January 27.
Investigators discovered the existence of a discount system “valuables or leisure items” to certain pharmacists, in exchange for “the abandonment of commercial discounts that can be granted to their pharmacies”. The two companies pleaded guilty and were fined 1.125 million euros, 625,000 of which were suspended. A sum of 5,457,198.29 euros was also confiscated. This conviction then led to further investigations, to seek the “responsibility of pharmacists who have benefited from this system”.
Investigators discovered the existence of a discount system “valuables or leisure items“to certain pharmacists, in exchange for “the abandonment of commercial discounts that can be granted to their pharmacies”. The two companies pleaded guilty and were fined 1.125 million euros, 625,000 of which were suspended. A sum of 5,457,198.29 euros was also confiscated. This conviction then led to further investigations, to seek the “responsibility of pharmacists who have benefited from this system”.