Concerning monopoly in the contraceptive market, Mercilon is ordered to dispose its operating section

The Fair Trade Commission (chairperson Jae-chan Jung, hereinafter referring to FTC) ordered to dispose operating sections of the MSD Koreas’ ‘Mercilon’, concerning monopoly of the Bayer Korea’s oral contraceptive.

The FTC judged that the Bayer Korea’s action to take over the Korea MSD’s OTC drug business might practically restrict competitions in the domestic oral contraceptive market; thus, i...