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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Rhone-Poulenc Biochimie S.A
Penalty: $5,000,000
Year: 2003
Date: September 18, 2003
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Violation Description: Rhone-Poulenc Biochimie S.A. agreed to plead guilty and pay a $5 million fine for participating in a conspiracy to fix prices and allocate customers for a chemical used to slow the rate at which dyes disperse throughout the body during x-rays and other medical imaging procedures.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Antitrust Division
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.