The Competition Tribunal ruled in favor of the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office, in a lawsuit against Laboratorios Recalcine S.A., Laboratorios Sanderson S.A., Pharma Investi de Chile S.A., Socofar S.A. and Abbott Laboratories de Chile Ltda., for not complying with the general instructions contained in Resolución N° 634, of December 5, 2001, of the H: Comisión Resolutiva. The objective of these instructions is to secure transparent conditions in the pharmaceutical market. All the defendants had to pay fines.
In May 18, 2006, The Supreme Court confirmed this ruling.