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Comment: Vifor’s EU antitrust deal holds warning for companies discrediting rivals

By Nicholas Hirst ( April 29, 2024, 08:00 GMT | Comment) -- Dominant companies be warned: Spreading misleading information that is capable of discrediting a rival can breach EU antitrust law. That is the European Commission's preliminary position, at least, as set out in commitment documents relating to its probe into drugmaker CSL Vifor. There is no precedent at the EU level on what constitutes illegal disparagement, so the regulator's proposed acceptance of commitments merits close examination.Dominant companies be warned: Spreading misleading information that is capable of discrediting a rival can breach EU antitrust law....

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