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Concordia Names Six Drugs Targeted By UK Competition Inquiry

 
• By Ian Schofield

Concordia has announced that six more of its medicines are involved in the UK competition inquiry. One law firm says the announcement further underlines the Competition and Markets Authority’s determination to root out anticompetitive practices in the pharma area.

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The CMA is continuing its pursuit of unfair competition

Concordia International Corp. has revealed the names of six of its products that are the subject of additional investigations opened in October last year by the UK Competition and Markets Authority as part of the CMA’s ongoing probe into anticompetitive behavior in the pharmaceutical market.

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