<div class='node-body'><p>Pharmaceutical mammoth GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has been ordered to pay <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48053798#.T_M1YHB9mUc">$3 billion fine</a> in what is described as the largest case of healthcare fraud in U.S. history. But critics say it is just as a slap on the wrist as the amount &quot;pales in comparison&quot; to the profits pharmaceutical companies earn and does nothing to preclude such further behavior from big pharma.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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