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<p> The Buenos Aires Herald today announced that <a href="http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/88922/gsk-lab-fined-over-vaccine-tests-that-killed-14--babies" class="bb-url">GlaxoSmithKline, the global pharmaceutical giant, has been fined 400,000 Argentinian pesos after the deaths of 14 babies during clinical trials in Argentina</a>. That’s about £59,500, from a company worth around £73.8 billion, the 5th largest company on FTSE. Originally posted <a href="http://zoebaillie.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/glaxo-builds-bonny-babies-unless-youre-argentinian-of-course/" class="bb-url">here</a> </p>

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<p> Two doctors were also fined 300,000 ARS each, for their involvement in the trials which were carried out between 2007 – 2008. GSK were trialling a vaccine against pneumococcal bacteria, and recruited around 150,000 babies under the age of one for the trial. </p>

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