A love affair that led to GVK Biosciences’ fall from grace

In a special report, The Hindu reports on how a love affair between two staffers of GVK Biosciences - one of the largest Contract Research Organisations based in Hyderabad - spiralled into a blow for the company’s business. “A torrid love affair between two employees resulted in the international scrutiny of GVK Biosciences and a ban on marketing of around 700 generic drugs tested by the facility,” says this report. The man in question, in love with a junior, left with her in 2011, prompting the girl’s parents to approach the police. GVK Biosciences soon dismissed the employee. The police, during the investigation, went through the employee’s emails and found that he had written to every major drug regulatory authority in the world raising doubts about the quality of clinical research conducted at GVK Biosciences. [caption id=“attachment_2461612” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  GVK Biosciences[/caption] The report goes into how this led to GVK Biosciences coming under the scanner for ‘alleged manipulation of data’. The European Union banned 700 drugs tested by GVK Biosciences in July this year after which the Indian government suspended the EU Free Trade Agreement (EU FTA) talks that were to resume in August after a two-year break. Read the full report here.