GSK to appeal to Strasburg over questioned tax

The tax authorities accuse GSK and other companies of not including discounts from wholesalers in the value of imported medicines, which resulted in higher tax refunds. This might have cost the budget about zł.5 billion. Although the company lost their battle in the Superior Court, which decided that judge Ewa Wrzesińka-Józków would continue to rule in GSK cases, they are going to appeal to the Constitutional Tribunal as well as to the European Tribunal of Human Rights in Strasburg. GSK objects to judge Wrzesińka-Józków as she was not only a ex-deputy president of the Customs Office, but she also drafted regulations unfavorable for drug companies. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 8) D.W.