EU opens antitrust investigation into Vifor Pharma for trashing rival Pharmacosmos

The EU Commission is concerned that Vifor Pharma might have abused a ”dominant position” by spreading false safety information about its closest European competitor on the IV iron treatment market, Pharmacosmos.
Margrethe Vestager, EU Commissioner for Competition | Photo: Jennifer Jacquemart / European Union/European Commission
Margrethe Vestager, EU Commissioner for Competition | Photo: Jennifer Jacquemart / European Union/European Commission
by mikkel aabenhus hemmingsen, translated by daniel pedersen

Monofer, an iron deficiency drug developed by Pharmacosmos, might have faced unfair conditions on the European market for years due to possible disparaging attempts by Vifor Pharma, according to the EU Commission, whose concerns have now led to a formal antitrust investigation into the matter.

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