CCI Imposes Penalty on Esaote S.p.A and Esaote Asia Pacific ... | 合法醫療器材資訊網

TheinformationwasfiledbyM/sHouseofDiagnosticsLLP('HoD'),engagedinthebusinessofmedicaldiagnosticsanddiagnosticimagingservices.The ...

On September 27, 2018, CCI (by a majority of two out of three members) passed an order under Section 27 of the Act and imposed a penalty on Esaote S.p.A and Esaote Asia Pacific Diagnostic Pvt. Ltd. (‘EAPD’) (collectively, ‘Esaote’), for contravention of Section 4 of the Act. [1]

The information was filed by M/s House of Diagnostics LLP (‘HoD’), engaged in the business of medical diagnostics and diagnostic imaging services. The allegations of HoD pertained to the purchase of three ‘Dedicated Standing/ Tilting MRI machines’ manufactured by Esaote (‘G-Scan Machines’) for HoD’s diagnostic centers. It was alleged that Esaote was dominant in the defined market and had abused its dominance as: (i) Esaote misled HoD that new machines were being supplied to it; (ii) acted unfairly by refusing to supply ‘See through Perforated RF Cage’ and ‘Head Coils’ to HoD; (iii) insisted that the Comprehensive Mainten...