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Pharmaceuticals Regulatory

Alexandre Vuchot

Johanna Harelimana

Reminder of the key requirements of the anti-gift law following the €1 billion+ fine of a pharmaceutical company

Breach of the “anti-gift” law An investigation by the Directorate General for Fair Trading, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (“DGCCRF”) led to a €1,125 million fine on a pharmaceutical group for practices constituting a massive breach of the "anti-gift" law. In 2021, the DGCCRF investigated compliance with the "anti-gift" system in the health products distribution sector and uncovered illegal practices in particular that certain pharmacists throughout France were unduly...

February 2, 2023

3 min read

General

Frederik Haugsted

Badmouthing your competitor’s products: Commission...

On June 20 2022, the European Commission (“Commissio...

August 22, 2022

3 min read

Biotech

Increased Leeway for Cooperation between Pharma and...

Competition rules are aimed at safeguarding healthy competition...

April 9, 2020

7 min read

Biotech

Pauline Kuipers

Dutch competition authority ACM publishes a sector...

The Dutch competition authority, ACM, initiated a market study...

October 7, 2019

5 min read

Healthcare

“Effective enforcement of EU competition rules in the pharmaceutical law remains a matter of high priority…”

So notes the Commission's report on competition enforcement in the pharmaceutical sector (2009-2017)...

February 5, 2019

4 min read

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