Financial crime Malta graylisted for Financial crimes

Status: 06/24/2021 9:40 a.m.

Corruption, money laundering and “golden passports”: the Mediterranean island of Malta has fallen into twilight. An international institution to combat money laundering now wants to monitor the country more closely. The attempts by the Maltese government to avert the decision of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) were unsuccessful: The international institution for combating money laundering, terrorist financing and the financing of weapons of mass destruction has put Malta on the gray list for financial crimes, according to the Times newspaper of Malta “reported. Inclusion on this list means that the country is under increased surveillance, that it is being monitored more and more. At the same time, the state undertakes to remedy the deficiencies identified in the context of financial crime. Who is the FATF?

The Financial Action Task Force, based in Paris, is an independent international institution that develops and promotes measures to combat money laundering, the financing of terrorism and the financing of weapons of mass destruction. It was founded in 1989 by the G7 countries and currently has 37 members. More than 200 states and jurisdictions have committed to complying with the FATF standards. The FATF is supported by a secretariat affiliated with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Malta pledges cooperation

Prime Minister Robert Abela confirmed the decision and described it as “unjust”. Most of the concerns expressed by the reviewers have already been addressed. Malta wants to continue with its reform program, said Abela. “We will intensify our exchanges to better explain Malta’s achievements and to ensure that they are respected and understood by the international community.” Malta will never show itself to be uncooperative in the fight against financial crime or resist it, he assured the international partners.

Cayman Islands and Syria are also on the gray list

It is not the first time that Malta has fallen into twilight: the country has already been screened for financial crime more intensely because of its “golden passport” program. Like Cyprus, Malta had granted citizenships in return for financial commitments. The EU Commission then initiated infringement proceedings.

With the jump on the gray list of the FATF there is now a further loss of reputation for the country. As of February 2021, the FATF gray list includes countries such as Burkina Faso, the Cayman Islands, Ghana, Mauritius, Panama, Syria, Uganda, Yemen and Zimbabwe.

Germany holds the FATF presidency

Germany took over the presidency of the FATF in July 2020. The term of office of Marcus Pleyer from the Federal Ministry of Finance ends on June 30, 2022.

Marcus Pleyer is currently the President of the FATF. Image: Felix Zahn / photothek.net

Incidentally, the Federal Republic of Germany is currently also being routinely audited by the FATF. In its last evaluation in 2010, the organization came to the conclusion that Germany was susceptible to money laundering and terrorist financing

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Housing market Tax tricks with Interest settlements

Status: 06/17/2021 10:42 a.m.

Financial investors speculate with billions on the German housing market, but hardly pay taxes – thanks to a legal trick. The federal government wanted to close this loophole. But loud monitor – Research won’t come of it.

By Lutz Polanz and Jan Schmitt, WDR

“Behind this house is an American company, the trail of the owners leads via Luxembourg to the Cayman Islands” , tells Coni Pfeiffer, activist and spokeswoman for the # 200Houses network. Tenants from Berlin have come together to defend themselves against the conversion of their apartments into expensive condominiums and the greed of financial corporations. It is similar with the other houses on the opposite side, explains Pfeiffer. Here the trail of investors leads to tax havens such as Gibraltar or the Virgin Islands. The Berlin real estate market has long since become an Eldorado for major investors who want to remain anonymous. The official owners are companies with names such as Magenta Properties S.à.rl or Berlin Project-1 Property III S.à.rl The names often conceal complex corporate structures with a whole chain of companies. In the end, they lead to well-known tax havens, for example in the Caribbean.

Interest trick to save taxes

The elaborate company structures apparently also serve to avoid paying taxes to the German tax authorities. A completely legal interest trick helps the companies: The parent companies lend money to their subsidiaries who own the houses and land in Germany. In return, they charge them high internal interest rates – much higher than they would otherwise have to pay at banks. The interest payments of the subsidiaries reduce the profit in Germany and thus the taxes that would have to be paid here.

“The profits go to countries in which no tax is levied on interest income”, explains Gerhard Schick, board member of “Citizens’ Movement Finanzwende”. “Thanks to these high interest payments, it is practically possible to push the income abroad, so that in Germany you can tell the tax office that we have actually not earned any money, but that the profit is generated abroad.”

Billions are being lost to the Treasury

“Every year the German state loses five to seven billion euros as a result of the interest rate trick”, adds Christoph Trautvetter from “Network tax justice”.

So far, the tax authorities have been able to do next to nothing about it. There is no corresponding legal regulation. Specialists have been calling for them for years, for example Manfred Naumann, an expert in international tax law and head of department in the Federal Ministry of Finance for many years: “I am frustrated that the legislature and the Federal Ministry of Finance are unable to find such a regulation”, said Naumann in an interview with the ARD -Magazine monitor . For him the state wears one “complicity” because financial resources run into the billions “flow untaxed”. Proposals for such a regulation have long been on the table. Accordingly, the interest rate would always be used as a benchmark at which a group can borrow money from the bank. Demanding higher interest rates internally would only be possible if the group can justify it well. That would be a kind of reversal of the burden of proof, which experts believe would prevent a large part of the tax damage.

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The Federal Ministry of Finance under Olaf Scholz (SPD) had proposed precisely such a new regulation in a draft law. But the CDU / CSU parliamentary group intervened and the corresponding passage was deleted from the draft. The Federal Council then made a new attempt to resume the regulation. But this was also thrown out at the instigation of the Union.

“Braking measures against money laundering, aggressive tax avoidance and tax evasion by the CDU / CSU has a long tradition”, criticizes Sven Giegold from the Greens in the European Parliament. However, he is also surprised that the SPD did not protest against it.

The Union faction wanted to get up monitor -Do not answer the request. The Federal Ministry of Finance, led by Scholz, is now apparently at a distance from its original approach. Corresponding changes “should ideally be coordinated internationally”, it says in a response from the ministry to a request from monitor .

Now the match ball lies with the Federal Council. He wants to decide at the end of June whether to call the mediation committee or wave the law through with the loophole

We live in a world filled with screens. The screens appear on our wrists and palms. The things that our eyes see and touch the most with our fingers every day are flat screens. Thin screens have become our lives. An indispensable part.

It has been less than two decades since flat screens appeared to occupy our lives. Before that, people think of screens as cumbersome, large and expensive CRT monitors.

With the maturity of lower-cost LCD panel technology, the bulky CRT technology was quickly abandoned by the times just like film cameras and CD records. It has become another “historical technology” in the digital age that has not had time to say goodbye, and is buried by people. In warehouses, second-hand appliance stores, and recycling bins.

In 2000, the shipment of CRT monitors reached its peak, reaching 90 million units; the sales of CRT TVs also peaked in 2005, reaching 130 million units, but now, you can only watch it when you pass by some waste stations. To the figure of these “big butt” monitors.

▲ Picture from: Rachid Lotf

CRT has become almost synonymous with obsolescence, but with the resurgence of retro games, CRT monitors appear more and more frequently in some players’ mouths. What may surprise you is that owning a CRT monitor is becoming a fun and fun experience. Fashionable things.

Retro games cause a resurgence of CRT

Games are a huge market. According to statistics from data analysis agency Statista, there are approximately 2.7 billion players in the world. Even if the games are divided into sub-categories with a total of zero and zero, all types of games have a considerable number of fans.

For some players, video games have become an important part of their life experience.

They have witnessed the development of the game from 8Bit to holographic simulation. As the game’s screen becomes more and more real and the mechanism becomes more and more diverse, they find that it is difficult to retrieve the childhood game gains in the complex game. Simply happy.

Compared to expecting more interesting new games, they chose to go back to the past, pull out the red and white machines, N64, PS2 hidden under the cabinet, and revisit Zelda, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, etc. that have moved themselves A classic work that has to die alive.

On Reddit, these retro game lovers are happy to call themselves “players behind the times”. Fans of Nintendo, Sony, and Sega who were once “struggling” are now able to calmly exchange their fond memories about the game, except for discussing which one. The game is worth remembering and how to pass Sonic in one life. Many players are here to exchange their experience of playing retro games.

Playing retro games is very simple, you can play with an emulator on your computer, but it is difficult to play well, because now it is difficult for you to find the pictures you remember on the clear screen.

Many players find that when playing retro games with LCD screens, the LCD is often too precise and sharp when displaying a single pixel, making the screen look like an enlarged mosaic, which is a cross-stitch made of two intertwined vertical and horizontal lines.

People are always keen on clarity, hoping to see everything clearer and clearer, but this is not a good thing for retro games, it makes all the pictures look so rough and bad, which is the good memory of players Conflict-Pikachu looks much cuter in memory.

Is this because a layer of beautiful filters was applied to the picture when remembering?

Maybe not. The Twitter account CRT Pixel compares the images of the same game on LCD and CRT monitors. On CRT monitors, the original rough pixel images become smoother and clearer. Many players say this is familiar. the taste of.

The resolution of the old game is not high, but with the old monitor, the display effect is much better than the new LCD monitor. This seems to be the consensus of retro game players. Whenever a new player wants to enter the pit to recall PS2 and Wii Even in the good times on Sega Saturn, “First you need a CRT monitor” is the most sincere advice given by the old players.

CRT display manufacturers such as Sony, JVC, Hitachi, etc. may not have thought that after more than a decade after the death of the CRT was pronounced, CRT unexpectedly ushered in a “word-of-mouth marketing”. They bought a CRT monitor and became the players. The key to Happy Planet.

Why is CRT more fun to play retro games?

Why use the current LCD technology to play old games, but the effect is worse than using CRT? This is because the imaging principles of liquid crystal and CRT are different, resulting in a big difference in input delay and screen.

If you try to connect the old game console to the current 4K, 8K ultra-high resolution panel TV, after pressing the button on the handle, you may notice that the feedback on the screen and the movement of your finger are not obvious but can be noticed. Delay.

This is because the images output by old game consoles often only have a resolution of 240P or 480i. High-definition TVs need time to decode and stretch the images, which may cause a delay of hundreds of milliseconds.

When you are playing Super Mario Bros. or Racing and other games with very high response time, this delay in response may ruin your game experience all afternoon.

On the CRT monitor, thanks to its innate imaging principle characteristics, this kind of instant response is not a problem.

We need to start from the imaging principle of CRT monitors. CRT is actually an abbreviation for Cathode-Ray Tube. The reason why it has a huge “butt” is because there is a vacuum cathode ray tube inside. It contains one or more electron guns.

The front glass cover is covered with phosphors that can emit light. The imaging process is actually the electron gun emits electrons and hits the phosphors to emit light.

▲ Super slow motion shooting CRT screen can see electron beam scanning

When the electron gun brightens the phosphors of the entire screen at an extremely fast speed in sequence, and using the visual residual of the eyes, we can get a clear picture.

▲ Mario’s scanning process

The shooting speed of the electron gun is much faster than we thought, and it is shooting all the time, so when you press the button on the handle, the screen can reflect you with a super fast response speed (usually less than 0.01 milliseconds) The operation brings almost no-delay operation experience.

Going back to the most obvious picture we perceive, the main reason why the CRT can “grind” the sharp image of the liquid crystal off the corners is that the two pixels have different composition.

Just like the mobile phone or computer screen you are using now, when you use a microscope to enlarge it, you will find that the LCD panel is actually composed of red, blue, and green dots, and the small dots of three colors can form one. Pixels form colors by controlling the brightness of small dots to form an image.

There is a point-to-point relationship between graphics and pixels. The higher the resolution of the graphics, the more delicate the edges.

And when you look closely at the CRT screen, it also has small red, blue and green “dots”, but unlike the LCD panel, these are actually staggered phosphor dots that do not emit light.

When the electron beam irradiates these phosphor dots, the three primary colors corresponding to the brightness form the colors we see.

Unlike the liquid crystal pixels, these phosphor dots do not emit light entirely, but can emit half or even part of the light with the energy of the electrons, so there will be a softening effect on the edges of the displayed graphics. In fact, CRT monitors do not have absolute resolution, because they have no real pixels.

Therefore, the original granular pixel game screen will not be so dazzling on the CRT monitor, and the scanning line effect of the CRT interlaced display can make the screen more smooth corners and realism. This effect is sometimes true. It will be fascinating.

In other words, the old games were born based on the display technology of the CRT era, so if you want to restore the real picture of the old games, a CRT monitor of the same age is indeed a good choice.

Will CRT turn red like a mechanical keyboard?

CRT monitors were abandoned by the market because of the birth and popularity of lower-cost new technologies, and because the game returned to people’s sight, it sounded almost exactly the same as the story of another popular gaming peripheral-mechanical keyboard, then the problem Here comes, will CRT monitors usher in a renaissance like a mechanical keyboard?

Just like a mechanical keyboard knocked down by a cheaper membrane keyboard, the elimination of CRTs from liquid crystals is not because of poor picture quality, but because of cost and ease of use.

Digital Foundry once did an interesting test. They connected a 22-inch Sony FW900 Trinitron display to a modern high-performance PC and tried to run the 2019 3A masterpiece “Control”.

The interesting result is that when the RTS ray tracing effect is turned on, the display effect will not lose to the popular 4K game monitors. Even in terms of dynamic details, the FW900 is even better.

More netizens have also done modern tests on the performance of these top CRT monitors. Because there is no absolute resolution without it, as long as the screen ratio is appropriate, whether it is the next-generation game of PS5 or popular online games such as APEX and CSGO, CRT The performance is easy to do, everything looks so clear and smooth.

However, this CRT fever only stops in the hardcore gamer circle. Although the performance of top CRT monitors is indeed better than most cheap and ordinary LCD panels, before you want to experience this retro wave experience, you need to solve one problem. Lots of trouble.

The first is the interface problem. Later CRT monitors are equipped with VGA, DVI-I and other input interfaces, which sounds very old, but at least you can connect to your computer through an HDMI adapter cable, which is not too much trouble.

▲ Different interfaces finally get different pictures

When you want to connect your old game console, you need to consider whether to use RGB, S-terminal or BNC interface, and you may even need to consider an adapter to achieve the best color output. Different output formats directly affect you The final picture effect sounds much more complicated than choosing HDMI 2.1 or DP 1.4.

The second is the problem of damage rate. CRT has been discontinued for nearly 20 years. Most of the CRT display parts are facing the problem of aging and difficult to replace, and you also need to calibrate the color and picture of such an old display. Obviously, CRT monitors are only suitable for hardcore players with hands-on skills and professional knowledge.

Last but not least, CRT monitors are really heavy and take up a lot of space. Take the Sony FW900 as an example. It weighs 42KG and covers an area of ​​about 0.3 square meters. It is not easy to transport or place it.

And the price of these top CRT screens is not necessarily cheaper than LCD screens. On the second-hand trading platform, the price of a good FW900 is much higher than a brand new iMac.

In comparison, the thickness of the iMac is only 11.5mm. In addition to a beautiful 24-inch high-definition large screen, it also has the same M1 chip as the iPad Pro and a color keyboard that can be unlocked by fingerprints.

Therefore, the high cost and high price CRT is destined to be difficult to enter the lives of the public again. It is like a film camera, which performs better at certain times, but various inconveniences make them not suitable for everyone.

In 2015, as the last CRT manufacturer, Videocon, ceased production, CRT officially entered the countdown to life. Fortunately, CRT has not been forgotten compared to being abandoned. But when the last CRT monitor goes out, will anyone remember the beautiful picture of retro games?

People cherish the memory of film, so they have made various film filters. The view simulates the taste of film at a lower cost. Similarly, people are also making analog filters for CRT. On some simulators, you can also use liquid crystals. The panel simulates the unique scanning line effect of CRT.

▲ Picture from: Rachid Lotf

It may be the best way to remember the old technology in a more modern way.

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Big data abstracts Author: Caleb Can you move your ears? People who have this skill finally don’t just use their ears to sell cuteness like Big Ear Tutu. According to an experiment conducted by a team led by Dr. Nick Gompertz from the University of Bath, they I want to let the paralyzed person communicate with other people again through ear movement . The core of this technology is a computer connected Silicone earphones , Which contains a miniature camera and lights, this headset will be temporarily inserted into the patient’s ear canal. The camera will constantly monitor Tensor tympanic membrane , It is one of the smallest muscles in the human body. When the user consciously contracts the tensor tympanic membrane, the device picks up the action, and then transmits it to the computer to communicate with others by typing. Researchers believe that most stroke patients, or people with advanced motor neuron disease, can still control their tensor tympanic muscle. This makes Digest Bacteria think of the “Mental Typing” that appeared on the cover of Nature last week. Researchers from Stanford University, Brown University, and Harvard Medical School have jointly developed a brain-computer interface technology specifically for typing to enable paralyzed patients to type. The speed of communication increases. It is understood that a research subject using this device has a writing speed per minute 90 Characters, the original online accuracy rate is 94.1% , The accuracy of offline automatic correction exceeds 99% . By the way, it’s the first time I have heard about the use of ear typing, so let’s take a look~ Earswitch makes you You can “type” by moving your ears According to reports, this technique of typing with ears is called “Earswitch” . The researchers said that the current auxiliary equipment has more or less defects, usually Unable to use because of the patient’s further development . For example, the infrared device used by Hawking mainly controls the infrared switch installed on the glasses to communicate by twitching his cheeks. However, as Hawking’s condition worsened, he gradually lost control of key muscles. The system must be overhauled every two years. Earswitch mainly relies on the movement of ear muscles, which can circumvent this problem well. In terms of specific operation, first, the user needs to insert the silicone earphone into his ear canal. On the computer connected to the earphone, the user can see a virtual keyboard , There is a row of buttons on it, when the row of the desired letter is highlighted, the user Choose by tightening the tympanic membrane muscles . Once the camera detects this action, it will trigger the computer to select this row of buttons. Next, each key in the row will be highlighted in turn. Similarly, when the key is highlighted, the user selects the desired key by tightening the ear muscles. In this way, paralyzed patients can “type” to express themselves. Of course, in order to speed up this process, a Predictive text system , The system will display the complete words that may be entered according to the letter currently selected by the user. Brian Dickie, Director of Research and Development of the MND Association, said: “Earswitch may provide a brand new opportunity for patients with MND (motor neuron disease) to better control their communication methods and the surrounding environment, and ultimately allow them to choose the life they want. the way.” Dario Cazzola of the Department of Health at the University of Bath said, “With the help of experts in electronic and electrical engineering, we helped Nick further develop how to install Earswitch and expect to miniaturize the device in the future.” “We hope this work can help many patients with neurological diseases in the UK and around the world.” At present, Gompertz and his colleagues are now commercializing Earswitch technology through a spin-off company, and it may even allow some who want to free their hands to perform daily tasks. Non-paralyzed user use. In fact, we all have “early moving magic” However, there is a key point in this study, that is, it is not very friendly to people who can’t control the movement of the tympanic membrane. Now the research team has also launched a survey on the official website to determine the proportion of relevant people.

The 43-inch version of the M7, a flagship product, the M7 display is now larger than 43 inches to maximize productivity and enhance entertainment, featuring an edge-to-edge design for an immersive experience time to work, study or play. With its 4K Ultra-High Definition (UHD) display, the 43-inch M7 can seamlessly switch functions, going from a dependable work device to an instant 4K entertainment hub with streaming apps. built-in content streaming, speakers, and built-in HDR10 technology to optimize every detail of 4K content. As part of Samsung’s sustainability program, the 43-inch M7 display includes a solar-powered remote control, made from recycled plastic, that is eco-friendly as it can be charged with a battery. Sunlight, light or a USB-C connection, Smart Monitor is fully equipped with USB Type-C ports, USB ports and Bluetooth 4.2 capabilities. Users can connect personal mobile devices with a quick tap using Tap View, project content via Screen Mirroring, or with Apple AirPlay 2. The display also supports Microsoft 365 apps, allowing users to view and edit documents and save them in the cloud even when not connected to a PC, thanks to built-in Wi-Fi. The popular M5 version is now available in a sleek and stylish white design for both the 27- and 32-inch models. The new color pairs perfectly with minimalism-inspired designs and adds a finishing touch to any interior aesthetic, perfect for those with a refined taste. The 24-inch version of the M5 has Full HD resolution making it the most accessible monitor series in terms of size and price. The compact size of this version makes it well-suited for small workspaces, or for customers who are simply looking for a good multi-function monitor. Voice assistants have been upgraded from these to allow not only Bixby but also other voice assistants like Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. The Remote Access feature will also be updated to ‘PC on Desktop’ in June, allowing for a simple and secure connection between the display and external PCs for improved usability.

On April 15, the State Administration for Market Regulation announced that it would impose administrative penalties on Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical”) for implementing a monopoly agreement, with a total fine of 764 million yuan.

According to investigations, from 2015 to 2019, Yangtze River Pharmaceuticals reached a fixed agreement with downstream companies such as drug wholesalers and retail pharmacies by signing cooperation agreements, issuing price adjustment letters, and oral notices across the country (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions). The agreement on drug resale prices and the minimum resale price of drugs, and measures such as formulating implementation rules, strengthening assessment and supervision, penalizing low-price sales dealers, and entrusting intermediary agencies to monitor online drug prices to ensure the implementation of the agreement.

The State Administration of Market Supervision stated that the above-mentioned actions of Yangtze River Pharmaceutical Group ruled out and restricted competition, harmed the legitimate rights and interests of consumers and the public interest, and violated the relevant provisions of the Anti-Monopoly Law.

It takes pains to limit the price of medicines, and consumers will pay for it in the end

Specifically, Yangzi Pharmaceutical restricts the prices of drugs sold in retail pharmacies and distributors, including many best-selling products such as Lanqin Oral Liquid, Bailemian Capsules, and Astragalus Extract. These drugs are well-known and popular in people’s lives. Measured by sales revenue in 2019, Lanqin Oral Liquid ranked first in throat drugs, Astragalus extract ranked third in tonic drugs, and Bailemian Capsules ranked fourth in stabilized sleep drugs. These best-selling drugs are precisely the focus of Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical’s focus on price-fixing.

In order to supervise the sales staff and distributors to strictly implement the fixed and limited price policy, Yang Zijiang Pharmaceutical has taken great pains. Yang Zijiang Pharmaceutical has formulated a detailed price control system and dispatched sales personnel from various places to pharmacies to inspect and secretly visit drug prices. For drugs on Taobao, Tmall, and JD online platforms, Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical has hired a third-party intermediary company to supervise five key drugs (Lanqin Oral Liquid, Bailemian Capsules, Astragalus Extract, Epalrestat Tablets, Suhuang Cough tablets) online retail prices, and regularly submit online merchants’ price information monitoring and processing results to Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical.

If distributors at all levels, retail pharmacies, etc. do not comply, Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical will implement penalties such as deduction of bonuses, internal fines, out of stock, and suspension of reimbursement. At the same time, distributors and retail pharmacies have a certain degree of dependence on these best-selling products, and they have insufficient bargaining power for the fixed and limited price behavior of Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical.

Yang Zijiang Pharmaceutical’s fixed and limited price behavior seems to be divided from the interests of distributors and pharmacies at all levels, but in fact it raises the price of medicines, and consumers eventually pay for it. The economic analysis takes Shanghai as a sample and simulates the competitive retail prices of some drugs from Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical in 2018 and 2019, and compares them with the actual retail prices and hospital purchase prices in the same period. The results show that this behavior has caused significant drug prices. rise. Statistical analysis shows that the retail channel ex-factory price of Lanqin oral liquid (10ml*6 bottles) from 2015 to 2019 and the average terminal retail price from 2018 to 2020 have shown an upward trend year by year.

However, patients always follow the doctor’s advice or follow the pharmacist’s recommendation when purchasing medicines, so they are not sensitive to the price of medicines and often lose their interests without knowing it.

Anti-monopoly incidents occur frequently in the pharmaceutical field, and national law enforcement and supervision continue to be stricter

Due to the particularity of the pharmaceutical industry, it is difficult to form sufficient market competition from the production and supply of raw materials, the production of pharmaceutical companies and the marketing of pharmaceuticals. A small number of manufacturing companies control the production and supply of APIs. These companies take advantage of market dominance to obtain price dominance, and thus may form a monopoly. At the same time, the current pharmaceutical industry has formed a highly concentrated market pattern, and many pharmaceutical companies secretly manipulate market prices through monopoly agreements, leading to price increases or shortages of drugs.

Fortunately, in recent years, the anti-monopoly law enforcement supervision in the pharmaceutical field has continued to tighten, and news that pharmaceutical companies have been punished due to monopoly has been reported frequently in the industry. In April 2020, the State Administration of Market Supervision imposed administrative penalties on three calcium gluconate API distributors, Shandong Kanghui Pharmaceutical, Weifang Taiyangshen Pharmaceutical, and Weifang Puyunhui Pharmaceutical, for their monopolistic activities, with a total fine of 325.5 million yuan. In January 2021, Simcere Pharmaceutical abused its dominant position in the sales market of China’s Batroxobin concentrate API, and refused to conduct transactions with counterparties without justifiable reasons, ruled out market competition, and was fined 100.7 million yuan. Yuan Renminbi. In April of the same year, Tianyao Co., Ltd. divided the sales market of fluocinolone acetate raw materials in the form of agreement, and changed and fixed the price of fluocinolone acetate raw materials to eliminate competition that restricted the sales of fluocinolone acetate raw materials, and was fined 44,022,600 yuan. .

At the same time, the state has successively introduced a series of measures to strengthen supervision and increase penalties. In 2017, my country issued the “Guidelines for the Price Behavior of Short Drugs and API Operators”, which became the first price monopoly guide for the pharmaceutical industry since the implementation of China’s anti-monopoly law. Subsequently, the “Opinions on Further Doing a Good Job in Maintaining Supply and Stabilizing Prices of Drugs in Shortage”, “Antitrust Guidelines in the Field of APIs (Draft for Solicitation of Comments)”, etc. In January of this year, the China Chemical Pharmaceutical Industry Association (CPIA) released the latest “Regulations for Compliance Management in the Pharmaceutical Industry”, with anti-monopoly being the focus of it.

It is reported that Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical, which was heavily fined this time, is a leading domestic pharmaceutical company. The “2019 China Pharmaceutical Industry Top 100 List” released by the China Pharmaceutical Industry Information Center shows that Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical ranked first in China’s top 100 pharmaceutical industry that year. Has been ranked first for 6 consecutive years. It is foreseeable that heavy penalties for industry leaders will have a huge deterrent effect on industry monopoly behavior.

It is worth mentioning that, according to Jiemian News, Yangtze River Pharmaceuticals previously reported to the court that four companies, Guangzhou Hairui Pharmaceuticals, Hefei Medical Engineering and Pharmaceuticals, Hefei Enruit Pharmaceuticals, and Nanjing Haichen Pharmaceuticals, were suspected of monopoly of APIs. Prosecute. In April 2020, the first instance of the case was concluded, and Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical was awarded nearly 70 million in compensation. And a year later, Yangtze River Pharmaceutical lost more than ten times the money it had earned by suing others for its monopoly because of its own monopoly.

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