Pharmacy to fight gouging fine
Tribunal says Dis-Chem it enjoyed and exerted market power by materially increasing its prices
12 July 2020 - 00:00
JSE-listed pharmaceutical group Dis-Chem intends appealing against the Competition Tribunal's R1.2m fine for price gouging in the sale of surgical masks.
Dis-Chem CEO Ivan Saltzman said this week the group would take the matter on appeal to the Competition Appeal Court as “the decision seems to contain a number of errors of fact and law”...
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