Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
Nepera Inc.
Penalty:
$4,000,000
Year:
2000
Date:
May 5, 2000
Offense Group:
competition-related offenses
Primary Offense:
price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Violation Description:
Two German pharmaceutical manufacturers--Merck KgaA and Degussa-Huls AG--and two U.S. pharmaceutical companies--Nepera Inc. and Reilly Industries Inc.--agreed to plead guilty and pay criminal antitrust fines totaling $33 million for participating in two separate worldwide conspiracies to suppress and eliminate competition in the vitamin industry.
Level of Government:
federal
Action Type:
agency action
Agency:
Justice Department Antitrust Division
Civil or Criminal Case:
criminal
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