Dentsply International
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Case brought against York, Pennsylvania-based dental manufacturer by the Department of Justice will go to trial April 15, DoJ attorney David Jordan says Feb. 7 at National Congress on Health Care Compliance in Washington, DC. A complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Delaware in January 1999 alleged that the firm violates anti-trust law by controlling 70-80% of the $500 mil. domestic artificial tooth market by restricting customers from selling products made by competitors (1"The Gray Sheet" Jan. 11, 1999, p. 22). Dentsply's motion for summary judgment on the merits of the antitrust causes of action was denied by a Delaware federal court in March 2001...