Gaviscon maker to pay £10 million for antitrust law breach
19 October 2010
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Emma Barraclough, London
The UK competition watchdog the Office for Fair Trading has fined Reckitt Benckiser £10.2 million ($16 million) after the company admitted abusing its dominant position when supplying heartburn medicines to the National Health Service
In February, the OFT said that it had sent a Statement of
Objections to the maker of Gaviscon alleging that the company
tried to reduce competition by withdrawing and de-listing its
National Health Service packs of Gaviscon Original Liquid
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