Keyword: Competition

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UK Watchdog Finds Concordia Guilty of Market Abuse

30.11.2017 - In a provisional ruling announced on Nov. 21, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has found that Canadian pharma Concordia abused its dominant position to overcharge...

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EU Accuses Teva and Cephalon of Antitrust Breach

20.07.2017 - The European Commission has accused Israeli drugmaker Teva and its US subsidiary Cephalon of breaching antitrust rules. Regulators classed an agreement between the companies to...

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UK Watchdog Accuses Merck of Breaking Competition Law

25.05.2017 - The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally ruled that a discount scheme operated by US drugmaker Merck for Remicade may have broken competition rules by...

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EU Commission Greenlights DowDuPont

28.03.2017 - The European Commission (EC) on Mar. 27 approved the proposed $130 billion merger of Dow Chemical and DuPont into DowDuPont after the companies made promises to sell substantial...

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Concordia and Actavis UK Accused of Overpricing

09.03.2017 - The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has accused Concordia and Actavis UK of breaking competition law by agreeing to delay competition and keeping the price of...

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Australia Weighs in on DowDuPont

04.11.2016 - In its first weigh-in on the proposed merger of US chemical giants Dow and DuPont into DuPontDow, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has expressed concern...

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After Pharma’s Patent Cliff

04.04.2016 - Analysts love looking into the future, particularly when it comes to big pharma’s prospect for growth and earnings. The industry experts of Morningstar see slowing patent losses...

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Plugging the Brain Drain

29.01.2013 - Human Resource Management - The U.S. chemical industry currently supports almost 25% of U.S. GDP and produces more than 15% of the world´s chemicals. However, by 2015 China is...