Leheyda, Nina; Beschorner, Patrick Frank Ernst; … - 2011
The paper studies the effects of the Pfizer and Pharmacia (2003) merger on competition in the Swiss pharmaceutical … market and compares the assessment of the Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO) with the post-merger market developments. We … find that the merger has had a miniscule impact on the Swiss pharmaceutical market. This has primarily to do with the fact …