Update 14:15  Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Three pharmaceutical companies, Pfizer, Eli Lilly & Co. and Bayer AG have been fined CHF5.7 million in total for price fixing, linked to their over-the-counter erectile functioning drugs Viagra, Cialis and Levitra. Bayer Switzerland promptly reacted, saying that it has not participated in price-fixing and has respected Swiss law. According to Dow Jones/CNN Money, the company is considering taking legal action against the decision.

The Swiss competition commissioner levied the fines saying the fixing was done using public price recommendations, which have been illegal in Switzerland since 2000.

Posted by :: Ellen Wallace on 1 December 2009 at 12:31 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 1 December 2009.

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