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Pague Menos-Extrafarma deal cleared conditioned on sale of eight drugstores in Brazil

Drugstore chain Pague Menos’ proposed acquisition of Ultrapar’s Extrafarma has been cleared with structural remedies to encourage the entry of new players into the market for the retail trade of medicines, perfumery and personal hygiene products.
Pague Menos is a pharmaceutical retail chain operating nationwide in the market for distribution

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Ana Paula Candil

Senior Correspondent, Latin America


Ana Paula joined MLex in Brazil in 2014 writing about antitrust investigations and merger reviews. Prior to that, she worked for several trade publications and in TV. She lived in Washington DC, where she worked for Al Jazeera English in 2010. She studied journalism and holds a postgraduate diploma in International Business Management from the George Brown College in Toronto and a Master of Business Administration diploma in government relations from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).

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