THE Private Pharmacy Retail Business Association (PPRBA) has made no official complaint to the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) about an alleged monopoly in the pharmaceutical sector. PPRBA president Glenwayne Suchit made this disclosure during a public hearing held by the Parliament's Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) at the Cabildo Building, Port of Spain on December 1.

Before doing so, Suchit repeated the concerns the association has raised publicly over the last two years about the alleged monopoly.

PAAC chairman, Speaker Jagdeo Singh, drew Suchit's attention to correspondence between attorneys representing the association to the FTC and vice versa.