Takeda, Eisai, Daiichi Plead Guilty In Criminal "Vitamin Cartel" Case
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Three Japanese vitamin manufacturers have agreed to plead guilty to charges associated with "a worldwide conspiracy to raise and fix prices and allocate market shares for certain vitamins sold in the U.S. and elsewhere," the Department of Justice announced Sept. 9.
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