The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) has found that the agreement to purchase MTPK LLC, which owns the Tabletki.ua service, by Kyivstar poses monopolization risks. The AMCU is going to investigate in more depth how this acquisition will affect competition.
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) has found that the agreement to purchase MTPK LLC, which owns the Tabletki.ua service, by Kyivstar poses monopolization risks. The AMCU is going to investigate in more depth how this acquisition will affect competition.
This is stated in the statement of the Antimonopoly Committee on the consideration of the case regarding Kyivstar’s acquisition of control over MTPK LLC.
Kyivstar submitted its first application back in November of last year. The AMCU returned it, stating that it did not meet the requirements of the Regulation on the Procedure for Considering Applications. In February 2025, the company tried again, and was again refused .
The Committee is currently considering the third application for the acquisition of MTPK LLC from Kyivstar, which was submitted in July 2025.
The AMCU reports that the participants in the deal are the owners of the online services Helsi and Tabletki.ua, which «post information materials in the field of healthcare and pharmaceutical products.» The Committee believes that their combined market concentration may exceed 35%.
«Therefore, under certain conditions, the concentration may lead to monopolization or a significant restriction of competition in one of the markets involved in the concentration, which is the basis for its prohibition,» the AMCU notes.
The Antimonopoly Committee plans to conduct an in-depth study of the impact of the agreement on competition in the healthcare market.
We will remind you that the value of the largest Ukrainian mobile operator Kyivstar, which was listed on Nasdaq on August 15, amounted to $2.6118 billion on the first day of trading.
