Two pharmacists sanctioned for affecting tender for the release of medicinal products with the CCSS

The Commission for the Promotion of Competition (Coprocom), with ¢12.931.049 the pharmaceuticals Drugstore Holding Pharmacy Hard S.A. and Zegen Pharma S.A., for a supposed collusive agreement in a tender for the distribution of prescriptions for medicines from the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS).The collusive agreement is when two or more companies or individuals secretly agree to manipulate the market for their benefit and harm others, …

The Commission for the Promotion of Competition (Coprocom) sanctioned two companies in the national pharmaceutical sector for violating article 11 (d) and (f) of the Law on the Promotion of Competition and Effective Defense of Consumers (7472), in a tender of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund, for the release of prescriptions for medicines.According to this article of Law 7472, it penalizes absolute monopolistic practices, which are acts, con…