Cardinal Health, an integrated healthcare services and products company, has reached an $8.8 million settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for violations of the internal accounting controls and record-keeping provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act concerning the operations of its former Chinese subsidiary.

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