As you might have noticed, we took an unnanounced temporary break from bloggin’. First it was due to a particularly intense period of work (I might give more details about it in the future) and then to (my only…) week of Summer holidays during which I wanted to hear nothing …read more
European Commission Press release Brussels, 9 July 2014 In the context of its State Aid Modernisation (SAM) initiative, the European Commission has revised its rules for assessing Member States’ support measures to rescue and restructure companies in difficulty. …read more
European Commission Press release Brussels, 9 July 2014 The European Commission has closed its antitrust investigation into generic pharmaceutical companies in France. The investigation focused on suspected coordination between generic pharmaceutical companies when negotiating an initial price with the French pricing authority before launching a new generic product. …read more
European Commission Press release Brussels, 9 July 2014 The European Commission has imposed fines totalling €427.7 million on the French pharmaceutical company Servier and five producers of generic medicines – namely, Niche/Unichem, Matrix (now part of Mylan), Teva, Krka and Lupin – for concluding a series of deals of deals… …read more