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Lundbeck faces antitrust investigation

07 January 2010

James Nurton, London

The European Commission has opened an antitrust investigation into drugs company Lundbeck, based on information acquired during its sector enquiry into the pharmaceutical industry

The enquiry, completed last year, investigated alleged abuse of competition law by pharmaceutical companies, leading to delays in market entry of generic medicines.

In particular, the enquiry examined allegations about the evergreening of patents, patent clusters and reverse-payment deals.

When it was published in July,...



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