By Lily Jamali ( March 14, 2013, 18:10 GMT | Insight) -- A Brooklyn jury found one of the world's leading vitamin-C producers, Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical, and its parent company, North China Pharmaceutical Group, liable for voluntarily entering into agreements to fix prices on their products. Jurors, who awarded $54.1 million in damages, said they were swayed by the plain language and economic arguments of plaintiffs’ expert witness.New York - A Brooklyn jury found one of the world's leading vitamin-C producers, Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical, and its parent company, North China Pharmaceutical Group, liable for voluntarily entering into agreements to fix prices on their products....
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