2017-TIOLCORP-11-CCI
Belgaum District Chemists And Druggists Association And Abbott India Ltd
Whether the practice of mandating NOC as a pre-requisite for appointment of stockists amounts to limiting and restricting the supply of pharmaceutical drugs in the market, in violation of the provisions of Section 3 - YES: CCI
Whether fixing purchase and sale price of wholesalers of medicines by State Chemists and Druggists Associations is likely to eliminate price competition at wholesale and retail levels of the market, which in-turn will restrict the benefits that may otherwise accrue to the consumers in terms of price or service - YES: CCI
Whether in the absence of compulsion on the pharmaceutical companies to seek PIS/ PPII publication, before introducing the drugs in any territory, mere offering of PIS/ PPII services cannot be regarded as limiting or controlling supply of drugs - NO: CCI
Order u/s 27 of the Act: COMPETITION COMMISSION OF INDIA
