Microsoft word - pay-for-delay anti-trust infringement decision.doc
9 July 2013 The European Commission's first pay- Practice Group: for-delay anti-trust infringement decision Antitrust, Competition & Trade By Siobhan Kahmann and Neil Baylis Regulation I. Introduction In June 2013, two important decisions regarding 'pay-for-delay' arrangements in the pharmaceuticals industry were made in the EU and US. Generally speaking,