Roche Fined For Anticompetitive Behavior In Romania

Market Entry Delays Pushed Up Costs To National Insurer

Roche plans to appeal against a penalty imposed by the Romanian competition authorities for implementing strategies that were said to delay the entry of competing biosimilar and generic products. 

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The Competition Council said Roche created barriers to market entry • Source: Shutterstock

The Romanian Competition Council has fined Roche a total of €12.8m for abusing a dominant position on the oncology drugs market by hindering the market entry of versions of MabThera (rituximab), Herceptin (trastuzumab) and Tarceva (erlotinib).

Roche said it would appeal against the decision, which it described as “biased

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