Brussels, 21/11/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission imposed a record fine totalling EUR 855.22 million on eight pharmaceutical companies guilty of having formed several illegal cartels in the vitamin sector. Five other companies, also involved, but for whom prescription applies, escape the fine. This concerns of the most serious cases of agreements that the Commission has tackled until now as vitamins are not interchangeable products and arise in the manufacturing of a wide range...