The Autorité de la concurrence imposes a fine of 25 million euros on Janssen-Cilag laboratory and its parent company Johnson & Johnson for having first prevented then restricted the development of generic versions of Durogesic, its originator medicinal product.* Background Following a referral by the pharmaceutical laboratory Ratiopharm [1], now Teva Santé, the Autorité de la concurrence has today issued a decision imposing a fine of 25 million euros on Janssen-Cilag and its parent company Johnson & Johnson for having delayed the arrival to the market of a generic version of the Durogesic and for then blocking the development of this generic medicinal product. Durogesic is a powerful opioid analgesic, with the active ingredient fentanyl, prescribed for treatment of severe pain.
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The French Competition Authority fines €25 million a pharmaceutical laboratory for having first prevented then restricted the development of generic versions of a drug (Janssen-Cilag / Johnson & Johnson)
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