Close on the heels of its investigation of GlaxoSmithKline for “economic crimes,” China’s Federation of Industry and Commerce has contacted German drug giant Bayer in relation to an antitrust probe. A spokesman for Bayer said, “We assume that this contact is related to a wider investigation into the pharmaceutical industry in China.” Sales in China constitute 19.5% of the company’s worldwide total.
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