China's drug prices regulator to launch industry-wide probe

7 May 2016
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China's top price regulator will soon launch "large-scale and systematic" anti-trust investigations into drug companies, both foreign and domestic, after it recently summoned them to collect data and information, said a source close to the regulator reported by China Daily.

The National Development and Reform Commission may require more drug companies to provide information after US pharma giant Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and a number of distribution companies and medical device manufacturers were summoned, according to the source, who requested anonymity due to lack of authorization to speak on the matter, says the newspaper.

The Commission, which is in charge of China's anti-trust affairs, is collecting evidence to see whether these companies might have violated regulations regarding competition, according to the source. But this does not mean these companies have violated the law, the source said.

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