Doctor accused of cancer drugs fraud commits suicide

A doctor charged with accepting bribes from pharmaceutical companies selling cancer drugs has been found dead in Belgrade, the Serbian police said.

Izvor: Tanjug

Wednesday, 11.01.2012.

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A doctor charged with accepting bribes from pharmaceutical companies selling cancer drugs has been found dead in Belgrade, the Serbian police said. Nenad Borojevic, former head of the Institute of Radiology and Oncology in Belgrade, was found hanged in a forest in the city's Kosutnjak neighborhood, it was announced. Doctor accused of cancer drugs fraud commits suicide According to reports, he committed suicide. It was announced that the police would release a statement detailing the suicide, "and its motives". Borojevic was undergoing trial, but was released from custody for the duration of the court process. He was forbidden to leave his place of residence and was fitted with an electronic surveillance bracelet to monitor his movements. Borojevic and eight others were facing justice accused of, from 2007 until 2009, colluding with pharmaceutical companies to supply them in advance with information on the amount of needed cytostatic drugs, and on public procurement plans for the purchase of the said medication. At the start of the trial, Borojevic denied that he accepted bribes from the companies, and also rejected the prosecution's claim that he headed the group that rigged tenders called to purchase cancer treatment drugs. The anti-corruption case was tried by the Special Court in Belgrade. Among those accused was the former head of the Pediatric Oncology Ward of the Institute, Zoran Bekic. Nenad Borojevic (file) Tanjug

Doctor accused of cancer drugs fraud commits suicide

According to reports, he committed suicide.

It was announced that the police would release a statement detailing the suicide, "and its motives".

Borojević was undergoing trial, but was released from custody for the duration of the court process. He was forbidden to leave his place of residence and was fitted with an electronic surveillance bracelet to monitor his movements.

Borojević and eight others were facing justice accused of, from 2007 until 2009, colluding with pharmaceutical companies to supply them in advance with information on the amount of needed cytostatic drugs, and on public procurement plans for the purchase of the said medication.

At the start of the trial, Borojević denied that he accepted bribes from the companies, and also rejected the prosecution's claim that he headed the group that rigged tenders called to purchase cancer treatment drugs.

The anti-corruption case was tried by the Special Court in Belgrade. Among those accused was the former head of the Pediatric Oncology Ward of the Institute, Zoran Bekić.

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