Daiichi Sankyo's press release comes in the wake not only of Ranbaxy's highly
unusual criminal guilty plea and $ 500 million in fines and penalties — the largest ever
against a generic - drug maker — but also a lengthy Fortune article that exposed for the first time the depth and extent of the fraud
charges leveled at the company and the knowledge of senior company executives.
But the desire for justice and retribution is deep and complicated, and Iceland has taken an
unusual step in the strange annals of the world financial crisis: it is pursuing
criminal charges against a politician, former Prime Minister Geir Haarde, for his government's failure to avert the catastrophe.