FLORIDA STATE ANTITRUST SUIT AGAINST VISTAKON, BAUSCH & LOMB
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
FLORIDA STATE ANTITRUST SUIT AGAINST VISTAKON, BAUSCH & LOMB, two professional associations and nine optometrists alleges that the defendants conspired to restrict or prohibit sales of replacement soft contact lenses through entities other than eye- care specialists, such as pharmacies and mail order firms. The activity inflated prices of the products in violation of anti- trust laws, Florida says in a suit filed June 27 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
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