Align Technology面临欧盟反垄断调查

2026-06-30 21:46

The European Commission has launched an antitrust investigation into Align Technology (ALGN) over allegations the company tied its Invisalign products to its intra-oral scanners, under the name iTero, stymying competition.
iTero is used by dental professionals to make a 3D scan of a patient's teeth and jaws.
"The Commission is concerned that Align Technology may have unfairly leveraged its market-leading Invisalign clear aligners, by effectively forcing dental professionals to purchase the iTero scanner if they wish to order Invisalign for their patients," an EC news release states.
The commission's investigation is focused on what it calls "Align's restrictive interoperability strategy" based on two important measures: "refusal to approve competing state-of-the-art scanners" and "refusal to accept dental professionals' submissions of scans."

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