2023考研英語閱讀強生公司
Johnson Johnson
強生公司
Out of the mire?
走出困境了嗎?
The Justice Department may spoil the drugmaker sfresh start
司法部可能會毀了這家藥廠的新開始
FOR the past few years Johnson Johnson hasstumbled clumsily through the legal andreputational swamps of contaminated pills and faulty fake hips.
過去幾年，強生官司不斷，毒藥丸、假臀缺陷等丑聞頻出，公司步履艱難。
Under a new chief executive, it is supposed to be taking a confident stride onto firmerterrain.
在新掌門的領導下，公司有望重拾信心，大踏步向更高的目標邁進。
On April 26th Alex Gorsky, a senior manager who joined the company as a salesman in1988, was due to take charge.
4月26日，1988年就進入強生從事銷售工作的公司高管亞歷克斯?高斯基走馬上任。
Yet the ground is still worryingly soft.
但令人擔憂的是，公司境遇依然艱難。
America s Justice Department wants Mr Gorsky totestify about alleged fraud.
美國司法部想要高斯基先生為公司的欺詐指控作證。
J J says he has nothing to do with the case.
強生方面表示，高斯基先生與該案無關。
The government s request, made on April 11th, is the latest stage of a long dispute.
政府4月11日作出的請求不過是這場長期糾紛的最新進展。
The department s lawyers filed their suit in 2010, alleging that J J made improperpayments to boost prescriptions of its drugs.
司法部律師于2010年提請訴訟，他們宣稱，強生為了推銷他們的藥方進行了非正常的支付。
J J can at least take solace in not being alone.
令強生公司得到慰藉是至少它不是孤軍奮戰(zhàn) ，
The Justice Department has sued almost every big drug firm.
幾乎所有的大藥廠都受到過司法部的指控。
Most suits are brought under the False Claims Act, which since 1986 has encouraged citizensto sue firms that defraud the government.
大多數(shù)訴訟的依據(jù)是1986年生效的《虛假申報法案》，該法案鼓勵公民對那些欺騙政府的公司進行起訴。
Whistleblowers are fortified not only by righteousness but also by a share of damages.
一些人踴躍揭露黑幕，一是出自正義，二是可以獲得一份賠償。
They and the department have forged a model public-private partnership.
他們和司法部共同打造了一個公私合伙的典范，
Since 1986 the team has won more than 30 billion.
1986年以來，這支隊伍的收入超過了300億美元。
Billions have been wrung out of drugmakers.
制藥廠被迫繳納數(shù)十億美元，
The firms have been charged with marketing drugs for unapproved uses, paying illegalkickbacks to raise sales,
他們被處罰的理由是未經(jīng)批準銷售藥物，為擴大銷售支付回扣，
or both, cheating the public-health programmes that foot the bill.
或者二者兼而有之，有的公司對支付患者醫(yī)藥費用的全民醫(yī)療保險項目進行欺瞞。
In the last quarter of 2011 Abbott said it had reserved 1.5 billion to pay penalties for itsmarketing practices,
2011年最后一季度，雅培表示，他們已為公司的營銷行為準備了15億美元的罰款。
Amgen said it had reserved 780m for a similar purpose,
安進表示為同樣的目的他們也保留了7.8億美元，
and GlaxoSmithKline announced a staggering 3 billion agreement with the department.
葛蘭素史克宣布他們們與司法部之間達成了一個金額高達30億美元的協(xié)議。
The department says that J J s questionable antics took place between 1999 and2004.
司法部表示，強生的不軌行為發(fā)生在1999年至2004年間，
It alleges that the company used rebates, grants and other kickbacks to encourageOmnicare, a pharmacy for nursing homes, to recommend its drugs to patients.
他們稱，強生使用返利、補貼等回扣方式鼓勵一家專供養(yǎng)老院的藥店Omnicare向患者推薦他們的藥品。
Prosecutors say that J J continued to push sales of a drug even after warnings that ithad not been properly studied in old people.
檢查官說，在被告知尚不明確這些藥物是否適用老年人的情況下，強生依然我行我素，繼續(xù)推銷他們的藥品。
On April 11th the government s lawyers asked a judge to compel Mr Gorsky, who oversawthe implicated business at the time, to testify.
4月11日，政府律師要求法官迫使當時負責相關業(yè)務的高斯基先生出庭作證。
If the judge agrees, J J may find a settlement attractive.
如果法官同意，強生可能會更希望庭外和解。
Such a deal would not be the last.
這樣的交易不會是最后一筆，
Settlements show no sign of abating, for two main reasons.
問題的解決并不表明這種情況有所減少，這有兩個主要原因，
First, whatever the merits of the case against J J, it is not clear that companies arechanging their ways.
第一，不管這起針對強生的案件價值幾何，我們都弄不清楚這些公司是否已改邪歸正。
The benefits of aggressive marketing often outweigh the cost of settlements.
積極的營銷帶來的利益常常超過解決爭端的成本，
Aaron Kesselheim of Harvard University tracked sales of Neurontin, a drug approved forepilepsy but prescribed for much more.
哈佛大學的阿倫?凱澤爾海姆對批準為治療癲癇、實際上用途更廣的處方藥鎮(zhèn)頑癲進行了跟蹤后發(fā)現(xiàn)，
By 2004, when Pfizer paid 430m in penalties, annual sales had reached 2.7 billion.
到2004年，輝瑞支付的罰款為4.3億美元，而這種藥每年銷售已達27億美元。
Second, there is ample appetite to sue.
第二，上訴者往往會獅子大開口且樂此不彼，
Barack Obama s health-care law included new measures to fight fraud.
奧巴馬的保健法為打擊欺詐增添了新的內(nèi)容。
For every 1 spent in such cases, the Justice Department boasts it gets 7 in return.
在類似案例中，每支出一美元，司法部就會得到7美元的回報。
Whistleblowers keep coming forward:
報料揭丑者前赴后繼：
last year they tooted in record numbers.
去年，他們戰(zhàn)果空前。
And states are getting fiercer:
各州也愈加猛烈，
a judge in Arkansas recently ordered J J to pay 1.1 billion for violating the state sversion of the False Claims Act.
最近，因違反州頒發(fā)的《虛假申報法案》，阿肯色州的一位法官要求強生支付11億美元。
Drug executives may find one penalty especially scary.
不過有一項處罰條款會讓制藥公司的老總們嚇出一身冷汗。
In March Eric Holder, the attorney-general, said the Justice Department would go afterpeople as well as companies.
三月份艾立克胡爾德總檢查長表示，司法部將在處理此類案件時，不僅對公司，也會對當事人追查到底。
For example, they might be banned from business with any government health-careprogramme.
例如，他們可能被禁與政府公共健康計劃有關的所有業(yè)務。
In a country where spending on health is nearly 18% of the economy, that could finish someamply remunerated careers.
在一個健康支出占經(jīng)濟收入18%的國家，這可能會終結一些具有可觀報酬的職業(yè)。
Johnson Johnson
強生公司
Out of the mire?
走出困境了嗎?
The Justice Department may spoil the drugmaker sfresh start
司法部可能會毀了這家藥廠的新開始
FOR the past few years Johnson Johnson hasstumbled clumsily through the legal andreputational swamps of contaminated pills and faulty fake hips.
過去幾年，強生官司不斷，毒藥丸、假臀缺陷等丑聞頻出，公司步履艱難。
Under a new chief executive, it is supposed to be taking a confident stride onto firmerterrain.
在新掌門的領導下，公司有望重拾信心，大踏步向更高的目標邁進。
On April 26th Alex Gorsky, a senior manager who joined the company as a salesman in1988, was due to take charge.
4月26日，1988年就進入強生從事銷售工作的公司高管亞歷克斯?高斯基走馬上任。
Yet the ground is still worryingly soft.
但令人擔憂的是，公司境遇依然艱難。
America s Justice Department wants Mr Gorsky totestify about alleged fraud.
美國司法部想要高斯基先生為公司的欺詐指控作證。
J J says he has nothing to do with the case.
強生方面表示，高斯基先生與該案無關。
The government s request, made on April 11th, is the latest stage of a long dispute.
政府4月11日作出的請求不過是這場長期糾紛的最新進展。
The department s lawyers filed their suit in 2010, alleging that J J made improperpayments to boost prescriptions of its drugs.
司法部律師于2010年提請訴訟，他們宣稱，強生為了推銷他們的藥方進行了非正常的支付。
J J can at least take solace in not being alone.
令強生公司得到慰藉是至少它不是孤軍奮戰(zhàn) ，
The Justice Department has sued almost every big drug firm.
幾乎所有的大藥廠都受到過司法部的指控。
Most suits are brought under the False Claims Act, which since 1986 has encouraged citizensto sue firms that defraud the government.
大多數(shù)訴訟的依據(jù)是1986年生效的《虛假申報法案》，該法案鼓勵公民對那些欺騙政府的公司進行起訴。
Whistleblowers are fortified not only by righteousness but also by a share of damages.
一些人踴躍揭露黑幕，一是出自正義，二是可以獲得一份賠償。
They and the department have forged a model public-private partnership.
他們和司法部共同打造了一個公私合伙的典范，
Since 1986 the team has won more than 30 billion.
1986年以來，這支隊伍的收入超過了300億美元。
Billions have been wrung out of drugmakers.
制藥廠被迫繳納數(shù)十億美元，
The firms have been charged with marketing drugs for unapproved uses, paying illegalkickbacks to raise sales,
他們被處罰的理由是未經(jīng)批準銷售藥物，為擴大銷售支付回扣，
or both, cheating the public-health programmes that foot the bill.
或者二者兼而有之，有的公司對支付患者醫(yī)藥費用的全民醫(yī)療保險項目進行欺瞞。
In the last quarter of 2011 Abbott said it had reserved 1.5 billion to pay penalties for itsmarketing practices,
2011年最后一季度，雅培表示，他們已為公司的營銷行為準備了15億美元的罰款。
Amgen said it had reserved 780m for a similar purpose,
安進表示為同樣的目的他們也保留了7.8億美元，
and GlaxoSmithKline announced a staggering 3 billion agreement with the department.
葛蘭素史克宣布他們們與司法部之間達成了一個金額高達30億美元的協(xié)議。
The department says that J J s questionable antics took place between 1999 and2004.
司法部表示，強生的不軌行為發(fā)生在1999年至2004年間，
It alleges that the company used rebates, grants and other kickbacks to encourageOmnicare, a pharmacy for nursing homes, to recommend its drugs to patients.
他們稱，強生使用返利、補貼等回扣方式鼓勵一家專供養(yǎng)老院的藥店Omnicare向患者推薦他們的藥品。
Prosecutors say that J J continued to push sales of a drug even after warnings that ithad not been properly studied in old people.
檢查官說，在被告知尚不明確這些藥物是否適用老年人的情況下，強生依然我行我素，繼續(xù)推銷他們的藥品。
On April 11th the government s lawyers asked a judge to compel Mr Gorsky, who oversawthe implicated business at the time, to testify.
4月11日，政府律師要求法官迫使當時負責相關業(yè)務的高斯基先生出庭作證。
If the judge agrees, J J may find a settlement attractive.
如果法官同意，強生可能會更希望庭外和解。
Such a deal would not be the last.
這樣的交易不會是最后一筆，
Settlements show no sign of abating, for two main reasons.
問題的解決并不表明這種情況有所減少，這有兩個主要原因，
First, whatever the merits of the case against J J, it is not clear that companies arechanging their ways.
第一，不管這起針對強生的案件價值幾何，我們都弄不清楚這些公司是否已改邪歸正。
The benefits of aggressive marketing often outweigh the cost of settlements.
積極的營銷帶來的利益常常超過解決爭端的成本，
Aaron Kesselheim of Harvard University tracked sales of Neurontin, a drug approved forepilepsy but prescribed for much more.
哈佛大學的阿倫?凱澤爾海姆對批準為治療癲癇、實際上用途更廣的處方藥鎮(zhèn)頑癲進行了跟蹤后發(fā)現(xiàn)，
By 2004, when Pfizer paid 430m in penalties, annual sales had reached 2.7 billion.
到2004年，輝瑞支付的罰款為4.3億美元，而這種藥每年銷售已達27億美元。
Second, there is ample appetite to sue.
第二，上訴者往往會獅子大開口且樂此不彼，
Barack Obama s health-care law included new measures to fight fraud.
奧巴馬的保健法為打擊欺詐增添了新的內(nèi)容。
For every 1 spent in such cases, the Justice Department boasts it gets 7 in return.
在類似案例中，每支出一美元，司法部就會得到7美元的回報。
Whistleblowers keep coming forward:
報料揭丑者前赴后繼：
last year they tooted in record numbers.
去年，他們戰(zhàn)果空前。
And states are getting fiercer:
各州也愈加猛烈，
a judge in Arkansas recently ordered J J to pay 1.1 billion for violating the state sversion of the False Claims Act.
最近，因違反州頒發(fā)的《虛假申報法案》，阿肯色州的一位法官要求強生支付11億美元。
Drug executives may find one penalty especially scary.
不過有一項處罰條款會讓制藥公司的老總們嚇出一身冷汗。
In March Eric Holder, the attorney-general, said the Justice Department would go afterpeople as well as companies.
三月份艾立克胡爾德總檢查長表示，司法部將在處理此類案件時，不僅對公司，也會對當事人追查到底。
For example, they might be banned from business with any government health-careprogramme.
例如，他們可能被禁與政府公共健康計劃有關的所有業(yè)務。
In a country where spending on health is nearly 18% of the economy, that could finish someamply remunerated careers.
在一個健康支出占經(jīng)濟收入18%的國家，這可能會終結一些具有可觀報酬的職業(yè)。
