Zetia buyers secure backing for ‘market narrowing’ in MSD antitrust case
Wholesale buyers of the cholesterol treatment Zetia have won the backing of a US judge for their market definition in an antitrust suit against MSD (known as 'Merck & Co' in the US) and Glenmark.
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