Pharma Faces More Probes On Generic Price Hikes in UK
Executive Summary
As Concordia finds itself in the dock again, this time over its pricing of the essential thyroid treatment liothyronine, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority has recently opened four new investigations into "suspected abuse of dominance" concerning generics.
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