The South African group Aspen Pharma was fined Euro 5.2 million two weeks ago by the Italian Competition Authority (“ICA”) for having imposed excessive prices for its antitumor drugs “Cosmos” acquired from GlaksoSmithKline in 2009.
This is the third (controversial) case in which the ICA deals with allegations of anticompetitive behaviour in the pharmaceutical sector. Continue Reading The Aspen case. Anti-competitive behaviour in price negotiations with AIFA.