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Merck KGaA contests German ruling on VWR chems distribution contracts

By Lewis Crofts ( August 11, 2009, 13:08 GMT | Insight) -- Merck KGaA is challenging a decision by the German competition authority last month which ruled that certain exclusivity and non-competition provisions in chemicals distribution contracts with VWR are illegal under national and European law. It has succeeded in gaining a temporary suspension of the decision while its full challenge is pending.Merck KGaA is challenging a decision by the German competition authority last month which ruled that certain exclusivity and non-competition provisions in chemicals distribution contracts with VWR are illegal under national and European law. It has succeeded in gaining a temporary suspension of the decision while its full challenge is pending....

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