Four drugs producers, investigated for the possible formation of a cartel

The Romanian Competition Council took initiative and launched four new investigations regarding possible agreements between medical producers and distributors.

The companies investigated by the Romanian Competition Council:

• Bayer SRL, Romanian society member of the Bayer group, Bayer Consumer Care direct importer in Romania;

• Baxter AG, a society belonging to Baxter Switzerland, a group specialised in treatment of complex affections, like haemophilia, immunologic diseases, kidney affections, infectious diseases, trauma etc.;

• Belupo Pharmaceutical & Cosmetics d.d., a company that sells medical products aimed for the cardiovascular system and for skin. This is the second largest company from Croatia;

• Sintofarm S.A., a Romanian producer supplying drugs for the central nervous system and the muscular-skeletal system.

The Romanian Competition Council is currently undergoing several investigations on the pharmaceutical market.

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