Doctolib, €4.6M fine: sanctioning a national champion… legal rigor or strategic shortsightedness?

For years, Doctolib was presented as the model of a French scale-up turned essential service.Then, on November 6, 2025, the French Competition Authority issued a landmark decision (25-D-06), sanctioning the company for abuse of dominant position in the online medical appointment-booking market. A reminder that even for a national champion, compliance with competition law admits […]