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Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore
Commitments and Remedies

Acquisition of Innovative Diagnostics Private Limited and Quest Laboratories Pte Ltd by Pathology Asia Holdings Pte Ltd

18 October 2019

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Competition Law Case

Acquisition of Innovative Diagnostics Private Limited and Quest Laboratories Pte. Ltd. by Pathology Asia Holdings Pte. Ltd.

Parties Involved

  • Pathology Asia Holdings Pte. Ltd.

  • Innovative Diagnostics Private Limited

  • Quest Laboratories Pte. Ltd.


Focus of Commitments/ Remedies

The commitments work together to address the competition concerns identified by:

  • Helping competing laboratories offer a wider range of IVD tests and be better able to compete for customers, and gauge demand to consider in-house expansion;

  • Lowering contractual barriers for customers to switch to other suppliers, and increase competing laboratories’ incentives to expand; and

  • Mitigating the risk of a price increase or a degradation of quality by the merged entity during the commitment period, for customers who have limited alternatives to switch to at present.


Start Date of Commitments/ Remedies

18 October 2019

End Date of Commitments/ Remedies

17 October 2023

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