The cabinet today decided that the Health Ministry should apply for reviewing the arbitration decision and it should also propose a new arbitrator for the state, Julinek (senior ruling Civic Democrats, ODS) said. Diag Human complained that the Czech Republic harmed its good name and marred its deals with blood plasma. According to the arbitration verdict, the Czech Republic must pay 8.33 billion crowns to Diag Human as compensation as of July 2007.
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(Ceske Noviny)
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