Dentsply Distribution Practices Violate Antitrust Laws, Justice Says
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Dentsply's distribution policies for its Trubyte line of artifical teeth violate U.S. antitrust laws, the Justice Department maintains in a complaint filed Jan. 5 in Delaware federal court.
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