Topic: Excessive pricing

Sony has failed to stop a £5 billion opt-out damages claim brought on behalf of nine million consumers, although the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal has ordered the class representative to amend the defined class.

21 November 2023

Germany’s Federal Cartel Office has begun a rare excessive pricing probe into six heating suppliers.

16 November 2023

Pfizer has urged the UK’s specialist competition tribunal to overturn a £63 million excessive pricing sanction, arguing that there was “nothing unfair” with how it priced an anti-epilepsy drug.

06 November 2023

The boss of Spirit Airlines says he has evolved from past views that a merger with JetBlue would be blocked over antitrust concerns.

01 November 2023

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Despite a historical reluctance to intervene when it comes to excessive pricing, the pharma sector is seeing increasing regulatory interest in such practices in the European Union and United Kingdom. Several key decisions highlight the authorities’ methodology when it comes to identifying excessiveness and unfairness in pharmaceutical pricing.

20 October 2023

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Excessive pricing, excluding actual or potential competitors via rebates, and discounts or killer acquisitions are crucial competition issues making waves in the pharmaceutical sector.

20 October 2023

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The UK Competition and Markets Authority and courts are now beginning to diverge from EU case law following the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union, including on rules applying to vertical agreements.

20 October 2023

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Italy is a frontrunner when it comes to enforcement of antitrust law in the pharma space. AGCM efforts are expected to continue to focus on life sciences companies and it is anticipated that an increasing focus will be placed on public procurement and follow-up actions for damages before civil courts following recent decisions.

20 October 2023

The class representative seeking £400 million from Govia Thameslink Railway has pushed back on a Competition Appeal Tribunal proposal that would limit the rail company’s obligations while the claimants build their case.

12 October 2023

Apple must face allegations it illegally monopolised tap-and-go payments by restricting the technology on its devices to only Apple Pay, a federal judge in California has ruled.

28 September 2023