UK's Competition Watchdog Targets Four Firms Over Seven-Fold Prochlorperazine Price Hike

The UK CMA alleges that four companies were involved in a non-compete agreement that resulted in a 700% increase in the cost to the NHS of a generic medicine for nausea and dizziness.

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More generic price hikes are under the UK competition spotlight • Source: Shutterstock

In yet another excessive price case involving alleged agreements between pharmaceutical companies to bolster up the prices of generic medicines, the UK competition watchdog has provisionally found that four companies breached competition law by agreeing not to compete for the supply of the anti-nausea drug prochlorperazine to the National Health Service.

In a 23 May Statement of Objections, the Competition and Markets Authority says that over the four years from December...

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