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Alkaloids of Australia, former manager, face 33 price-fixing, bid rigging criminal charges

By James Panichi ( December 1, 2020, 01:04 GMT | Insight) -- Pharmaceutical company Alkaloids of Australia and its former export manager Christopher Kenneth Joyce have been hit by a criminal-cartel prosecution, with the country’s competition watchdog alleging that the company and the individual fixed prices and rigged bids for the supply of medication ingredients. In a statement released today, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission said the charges related to the supply of scopolamine N-Butylbromide to international manufacturers of generic antispasmodic medications.  Pharmaceutical company Alkaloids of Australia and its former export manager Christopher Kenneth Joyce have been hit by a criminal-cartel prosecution, with the country’s competition watchdog alleging that the company and the individual fixed prices and rigged bids for the supply of medication ingredients....

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