EU Court Cuts Perindopril Fines For Krka And Servier

A ruling by the EU’s General Court has confirmed that agreements between Servier and several generics firms over perindopril constituted restrictions of competition. However, it has reduced by more than €100 million a fine on Servier and has eliminated entirely a fine on Krka.

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The Court Reduced Servier's Fine And Removed A Fine For Krka • Source: Shutterstock

Patent-litigation settlement agreements struck between Servier and four generics firms – Lupin, Mylan, Teva and Unichem – that delayed generic market entry on perindopril in exchange for financial benefits “constitute restrictions of competition by object”, according to the European Union’s (EU’s) General Court. The finding upholds in part a European Commission decision from 2014 in which the Commission found that Servier had implemented an “exclusionary strategy” on perindopril.

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