La Commissione della concorrenza (COMCO) ha aperto un'inchiesta contro il colosso farmaceutico Novartis per verificare se ha utilizzato uno dei suoi brevetti su un medicinale per proteggersi in modo illecito dai concorrenti. Martedì nella sede di Basilea sono scattate delle perquisizioni.
La notizia dell'indagine in corso è stata data stamani dalla stessa COMCO, che si è però limitata a parlare di "un'impresa farmaceutica svizzera". Il nome dell'entità interessata è emerso da una breve nota di Novartis, in cui la società conferma il procedimento in corso. Stando all'azienda l'avvio dell'indagine non significa che siano stati accertati illeciti o che vi siano implicazioni finanziarie. Un portavoce ha inoltre indicato che le perquisizioni si sono limitate agli uffici nella città renana.
Secondo la COMCO l'impresa avrebbe cercato di proteggere un proprio medicamento per il trattamento di malattie della pelle dalla concorrenza di articoli di altri operatori. Gli inquirenti dovranno appurare se si tratta di un caso di utilizzo di un cosiddetto brevetto di blocco, che potrebbe essere considerato come un abuso di posizione dominante ai sensi della legge sui cartelli.
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