The FAS has found large-scale conspiracy companies on the market of medicines

In Russia, in August, the Federal Antimonopoly Service announced a major league drug manufacturers.
FAS Russia found signs of anticompetitive agreement between the companies in order to maintain prices at the auctions during the auction for the supply of drugs and medical products for state and municipal needs. Reducing the initial maximum price of the contract for the supply of medicines and medizdely for clinics and hospitals, with the participation of these companies in the procurement of absent or minimal - 0.5-2%.
The participation in the cartel suspected: OOO "Rosmedkomplekt", LLC "Etalon-Trading", LLC "Market Farm", OOO "PIK", JSC "Company" Intermedservice ", LLC" Service-Farm "," Company Intermedservice Pharma ". Competition Authority instituted proceedings in n. 2 Part 1 Article 11 of the Law "On Protection of Competition".
The ministry noted that despite the obvious signs of collusion, allegations of violation of the legislation on health care in these cases have been reported, and collusion in public health leads to higher prices for medicines and medical services, according to the FAS Russia's press service.