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March 7, 2005 
VOL.
43, NO. 5Oakland,
CA
The settlement came out of anti-trust litigation targeting three Japanese and two European drug companies that controlled about 80 percent of the global vitamin market. The companies allegedly conspired to fix prices for such vitamins as A, B, C, E and H.
The law firm Saveri and Saveri brought and settled the suit against the vitamin makers for $12.98 million. Later, the firm issued a request for proposals from non-profit groups to provide nutrition services and public health advocacy in California.
