Bayer Among Drug Firms in EU Probe of Patent Deals
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Bayer AG was among drug firms told by European Union antitrust officials to submit details of patent-settlement deals that may be used to delay the sale of generic versions of medicines.
“A selected number” of unidentified companies must hand in a copy of all agreements from last year “relevant” to the 27-nation EU region, the European Commission said in a statement today. Bayer, Europe’s largest drug and chemical maker, received a request, said Rolf Ackermann, a spokesman for the Leverkusen, Germany-based company. He declined to comment further.