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Japan's medical device cleaner ASP Japan to receive JFTC cease-and-desist for tie-in sales

By Toko Sekiguchi ( April 25, 2024, 06:13 GMT | Insight) -- ASP Japan, a medical instrument disinfectant seller formerly owned by Johnson & Johnson’s Japanese entity, has been notified by Japan’s antitrust regulator of an upcoming cease-and-desist order for tying sales of sterilization equipment and disinfecting detergents. According to the Japan Fair Trade Commission, ASP Japan was found to be in violation of antitrust law for its unfair-trade practice of tie-in sales for limiting purchasers of its endoscope sterilization equipment to use with ASP’s disinfectants.ASP Japan, a medical instrument disinfectant seller formerly owned by Johnson & Johnson’s Japanese entity, has been notified by Japan’s antitrust regulator of an upcoming cease-and-desist order for tying sales of sterilization equipment and disinfecting detergents....

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