Competition Act – Agreement to manufacture patented drug is not anti-competitive if other players also exist in market

COMPETITION COMMISSION OF INDIA Manoj Hirasingh Pardeshi Versus Gilead Sciences Inc., USA Ashok Chawla, CHAIRPERSON H.C. Gupta, GEETA GOURI, ANURAG GOEL AND M.L. TAYAL, AND JUSTICE S.N. DHINGRA, MEMBER Case No. 41 of 2012 MARCH 5, 2013 ORDER UNDER SECTION 26(2) OF THE COMPETITION ACT, 2002 1. The information was filed by Manoj Hirasingh Pardeshi (‘the informant’) under section 19(1) of the Competition Act, 2002 (‘the Act’), against Gilead Science Inc., USA (‘the OP’) for alleged contravention of provisions of sections 3 and 4 of the Act. 2. ...