Merck KgaA Fined in Vitamins Case.(Brief Article)

Merck KgaA has been fined C$1 million ($690,000) in Canada's Federal Court for its part in a vitamin price-fixing conspiracy. Merck pleaded guilty to charges that it took part in international conspiracies to fix the prices and control market share of vitamin C and biotin between 1991 and 1995. Merck sold about C$4.5 million of the vitamins in Canada durin