Tag: Pharmaceutical
Chinese Watchdog Fines Two Pharmaceutical Companies For
The market regulator of China announced on Sunday that it had imposed fines on two pharmaceutical companies for monopolistic behaviour.
Grand Pharmaceutical was fined 136...
Wisconsin DOJ Named To International Task Force On Pharmaceutical Mergers
Attorney General Josh Kaul announced the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) is joining an international working group, initiated by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC),...
Australia Fines Pharmaceutical On Criminal Cartel Charges
Alkaloids of Australia and its former export manager, Christopher Kenneth Joyce, have each been charged with 33 criminal cartel offences, contrary to the Competition...
Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s Antitrust Record
Posted by Arnold & Porter
Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh's Antitrust Record
By Sarah Licht, John A. Rackson, Arnold & Porter
On July 9, 2018, President Trump announced the...
US: US$216m SteadyMed acquisition cleared
United Therapeutics Corporation and SteadyMed announced on Friday, July 20, the termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act relating to United...
US: Pfizer accuses Johnson & Johnson of ‘anticompetitive practices’
Pfizer filed a lawsuit against fellow pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) over “anticompetitive practices” in a go-for-the-throat showdown involving the drug industry’s treatment...
South Africa: Aspen welcomes competition probe
Pharma giant Aspen says it welcomes a potential probe into alleged anti-competitive behavior.
This comes after the official opposition, the Democratic Alliance, last Wednesday said...
US: Final chapter of St. Lukes lost case
The final act in the antitrust case that St. Luke’s Health System lost appears to be playing out at last, with the sale of...
Mexico: COFECE puts the breaks on Sanofi-Boehringer merger
Cofece, Mexico's antitrust commission, objected to the merger of the pharmaceutical companies Sanofi and Boehringer Ingelheim International in the animal health sector, considering that...
US: Cigna wants out of Anthem deal and $13B in damages
Cigna said Tuesday that it is looking to terminate its merger agreement with Anthem, and seek a $1.85 billion break-up fee and additional damages...