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EU Watchdog Set To Accept Aspen Concessions

By  |  February 3, 2021

EU antitrust regulators are set to accept South African pharmaceutical company Aspen’s concessions aimed at ending a three-year long investigation that could lead to a hefty fine, two people familiar with the matter said.

 Aspen last year offered to cut prices by an average of 73% for six off-patent cancer drugs after the European Commission voiced concerns that it may have charged excessive prices for drugs used for cancer patients.

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