The Competition Council penalized six business entities after these refused to fulfill their contractual obligations and to deliver the agreed quantities of medicines to national health facilities on time, IPN reports.

According to a press release of the Competition Council, fines totaling 17.4 million lei were imposed on “DitaEst Farm” SRL, “Esculap-Farm” SRL, “Medeferent Grup” SRL, “SanFarm Prim” SA, “Metatron” SA, and “R&P Bolgar Farm” SRL.

The Competition Council noted that the companies make considerable effort to develop, but it’s not fair to put the profit and the people’s health on the same scales. It described as abusive the refusal by the pharmaceutical companies to deliver drugs to hospitals.