The court fined 240 million rubles of participants of cartel on deliveries of medical products in Khakassia

At the end of June, 2020 the pharmaceutical companies accused of cartel conspiring at supply of drugs to Khakassia are fined 240 million rubles. Such decision was made by Arbitration court of the Moscow district, having agreed with outputs of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS).

According to department, in 2016 participants of cartel held 29 auctions, having obviously agreed about maintenance of the prices. at supply of drugs and medical products in medical institutions of the Republic of Khakassia.

The court fined 240 million rubles of participants of cartel on deliveries of medical products in Khakassia

For participation in biddings of the company used uniform infrastructure, including  the identical IP addresses, phones, places of the actual arrangement, the e-mail addresses. Thanks to it with the minimum reduction of price of the contract won against the same companies auctions, and their competitors acted according to the identical scheme.

The Khakass GKU "Interdepartmental Center of the Organization of Purchases" acted as the customer,  and by one of participants of FAS cartel recognized R-Pharm.

R-Pharm was fined 97 million rubles, but tried to appeal against the relation to anti-competition practice. The arbitration court of Moscow  rendered on October 29, 2019  a verdict on the trial lasting year for benefit of R-Pharm, having nullified the former FAS decision. But the Ninth arbitration Court of Appeal in March, 2020 confirmed legitimacy of the FAS decision as later and Arbitration court of the Moscow district.

By estimates of the antimonopoly regulator, total income of participants of cartel as a result of a victory at biddings and the conclusions of public contracts exceeded 800 million rubles.

By the beginning of July, 2020 in the Abakan city court several employees of a state institution, the employee of administration of the republic and also the director of the companies are connected to criminal case about fraud. FAS recognized 13 companies participants of cartel.^[1]

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