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Servia, Teva and others called out for generic-blocking

By  |  July 30, 2012
Servia, Teva and others called out for generic-blocking

French pharmaceutical company Servia as well as generic producers including Israel’s Teva received formal objections from the European Commission concerning alleged entry delay of the generic form of cardiovascular drug perindopril. By both buying up rare technology needed to create the drug and settling out of court with would-be generic producers, the Commission believes Servier abused its dominant market position by restricting competitive business. Similar pay-for-delay practices were denounced only a few days ago in the Commission’s objections issued to pharmaceutical powerhouse Lundbeck.

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