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In June 2014, CCS started investigating
Cordlife Group Limited (“Cordlife”)
because of its exclusive agreements
with baby fair organisers and hospitals.
These agreements potentially had the
effect of limiting competition from other
providers of cord blood bank services in
Singapore. Cordlife would have infringed
the Competition Act for abusing its
dominant position if these agreements
were found to restrict competition in the
cord blood bank industry.
Cordlife then provided CCSwith voluntary
commitments to remove the existing
exclusive arrangements, and to ensure
that going forward, it does not have
such exclusive arrangements with any
baby fair or private maternity hospital
in Singapore. Cordlife was also required
to provide CCS with a confirmation that
the affected baby fair organisers and
hospitals had been informed of the
change in Cordlife’s business practices.
CORDLIFE REMOVES
EXCLUSIVE
ARRANGEMENTS WITH
BABY FAIR ORGANISERS
AND HOSPITALS
HEALTHCARE
| INVESTIGATION
Case Team Members:
Tan Hi Lin
Lynette Chua
Jayme Leong
Herbert Fung
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