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Pfizer, Flynn accused of charging the NHS unfairly high prices for anti-epilepsy drug
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Pfizer And Flynn Accused Of Illegal Pricing In U.K For Vital Anti-epilepsy Drugs
NEW YORK CITY (dpa-AFX) - The UK s Competition and Markets Authority or CMA has provisionally found that Pfizer and Flynn abused their dominant positions to overcharge the U.K. s National Health Service or NHS for vital anti-epilepsy drugs, after reassessing the case.
The CMA has provisionally found that the companies exploited a loophole by de-branding the drug - known as Epanutin prior to September 2012 - with the effect that the drug was not subject to price regulation in the way branded drugs are. As Pfizer and Flynn were the dominant suppliers of the drug in the UK, the NHS had no choice but to pay unfairly high prices for the vital medicine.
CMA accuses pharma firms Pfizer and Flynn of charging NHS illegal prices for anti-epilepsy drug
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Pfizer and Flynn abused their dominant positions and charged the NHS unfairly high prices for life-saving phenytoin sodium capsules, for which they were the dominant suppliers to the UK, the CMA has found.
The UK’s competition watchdog
has accused pharmaceutical firms Pfizer and Flynn of breaking competition law and overcharging the NHS for crucial anti-epilepsy drugs, in a new re-investigation following a years-long battle with the companies.
Pfizer and Flynn “abused their dominant positions” and charged the NHS “unfairly high prices” for life-saving phenytoin sodium capsules, for which they were the dominant suppliers to the UK, the CMA has found in a new investigation five years after it first fined the companies.
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(Reuters) -Britain s competition watchdog is sticking with its view that Pfizer and Flynn Pharma broke the law by charging Britain s public health service unfairly high prices for an epilepsy drug, after being asked to reassess a record fine.
The drugmakers made use of a loophole so that the capsules, branded Epanutin prior to September 2012, were not subject to price regulation for branded drugs, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) found in its provisional review https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-accuses-pharma-firms-of-illegal-pricing.
In 2016, the CMA fined https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pfizer-britain-fine-idUSKBN13W0VT Pfizer and Flynn a record 90 million pounds ($125 million) for the price hike. However, the companies in 2018 won an appeal https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-pfizer-britain-fine-idUKKCN1J327D against the penalty, and the Competition Appeal Tribunal referred the matter back to the CMA.
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