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Buscopan cartel yields $2M penalty, landmark sentence for exec
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-11-29 4:01 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has hit Alkaloids of Australia with a nearly $2 million penalty for engaging in cartel conduct and sentenced its former export manager to a term of imprisonment for his involvement in fixing prices for a key chemical in anti-spasmodic drug Buscopan.

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Alkaloids export manager should face prison for cartel conduct, court told
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-09-16 11:12 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The federal prosecutor has argued that the former export manager of pharmaceutical ingredient producer Alkaloids of Australia should serve prison time after pleading guilty to cartel conduct over the supply of a key chemical in generic stomach cramp drugs.

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Drug ingredient maker Alkaloids faces $30M penalty for ‘actively policing’ cartel
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-09-05 11:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Pharmaceutical ingredient producer Alkaloids of Australia is facing a maximum $30 million penalty but has argued it should pay less than $1 million after pleading guilty to cartel conduct over the supply of a key chemical found in generic stomach cramp drugs.

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Record $34.5M criminal cartel fine handed down against Japanese shipping company
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-08-02 8:52 pm By Amelia Birnie

Japanese shipping company K-Line has been hit with a $34.5 million penalty for criminal cartel conduct, the largest consumer criminal fine in Australian history.

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