Although the “bribery door†was eventually transformed into an oolong incident, the foreign-invested industrial giant Siemens’ business in China still seems to be clouded.
In early May, sources quoted informed sources disclosed that China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce last year on suspicion of bribery hospital's medical department of Siemens medical equipment using its high-priced products regarding the investigation, the hospital may involve as many as 1000.
However, the spokesperson of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce immediately clarified that "the State Administration for Industry and Commerce did not conduct an investigation into the commercial bribery of Siemens, nor did it accept interviews from relevant media."
On May 11th, Siemens also sent a “clarification statement†to the author, “I don’t know about the situation of Siemens China’s medical business in the news reports asked.â€
Siemens also stated in the statement that “the fact is: a branch of the Shanghai Administration for Industry and Commerce is understanding the market and business model of the Siemens Medical Laboratory Diagnostics business, which is widely adopted in the global industry. Recently, the media reported that the situation is not related to any corruption issue, and it has nothing to do with any personal interests. Siemens has been actively working with the business sector to eliminate the doubts of the relevant departments as soon as possible and complete the work."
Although the news that caused the uproar was confirmed as the "Oolong incident", senior medical industry analyst Bian Chenguang pointed out to the author that from the occurrence of the incident and the current situation of the relevant national departments to support the domestic medical equipment industry The medical giant represented by Siemens will change in China.
The bribery incident was alleged to be "Oolong"
In the above-mentioned "Oolong incident", Siemens was accused of specific bribery by donating medical equipment in exchange for the exclusive use of chemical reagents developed by the company on the equipment. This act was alleged to be in violation of Article 8 of the Chinese Anti-Unfair Competition Law.
The article stipulates: "The operator shall not use the property or other means to make a bribe to sell or purchase the goods. If the other party or individual is kicked off outside the account, the bribery shall be imposed; if the other unit or individual secretly accepts the rebate outside the account, Accepting bribes."
The above-mentioned news also pointed out that the exposed bribery incident involved a variety of medical equipment including blood test equipment, and the number of hospitals involved was as many as 1,000. The survey has never been known to the outside world, or it will launch a round of extensive investigations against more medical device manufacturers.
At about the same time as the news came out, a report by Bloomberg News citing informed sources extended the scope of the “investigated†to include General Electric Co., Philips (National Electric Co.), Philips (Royal Philips NV) and Siemens. (Siemens AG) Three foreign-funded medical device manufacturers, the initial English combination of the three companies is GPS, and the content of the investigation also points to "whether there is commercial bribery and price monopoly in its business in China."
However, the clarification of the “Siemens†by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce has caused the above two news to become “Oolong†at the same time.
The author tried to ask Siemens China about the authenticity and universality of the "send equipment with designated reagents" pointed out in the above-mentioned "Oolong" incident in the sales of Siemens medical equipment. However, as of press time, it did not receive a response from Siemens China on the above issues.
However, Zhang Ming (pseudonym), a veteran of medical equipment sales in Zhejiang, pointed out to the author that the practice of “delivering equipment with designated reagents†is actually common in the field of medical device testing.
"This model is common in the sale of medical equipment, especially the sales of hemodialysis equipment and sequencing equipment. It is more common practice. And it is often the dealers who take this method." Zhang name, "So if only based on this The mode is said to be a commercial bribe, there is a problem, then the relevant departments have long been investigated, and it will not be just a Siemens family."
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