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Planning to trash your rivals? Study Roxtec’s Italian court loss first

By Nicholas Hirst ( October 3, 2025, 15:40 GMT | Comment) -- Roxtec lost a court appeal in Italy this week against a sanction for a laundry list of antitrust misdemeanors, including sham litigation and denigration. Judges shed light on when criticizing a rival can breach antitrust law, underlining that a dominant company should be “genuine.” The ruling sends a stark warning — one that will interest the European Commission — that denigration can be illegal in sectors beyond healthcare.Denigration. Vexatious litigation. Tampering with a regulatory process. All these frontline antitrust theories received a boost this week when an Italian court upheld a fine against Sweden's Roxtec....

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