FTC Challenges Proposed Merger of Sysco and US Foods
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Agency Charges Merger Would Create a National Broadline Foodservice Distributor With 75 Percent Market Share, and Harm Customers in Numerous Local Markets
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FTC, DOJ Announce Agenda for Joint Public Workshop on Examining U.S. Health Care Competition
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The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division have issued an agenda and posted speaker bios for their joint workshop in the series Examining Health Care...
FTC Approves Merck & Co., Inc.’s Application to Sell Facilities for Manufacturing Heartgard and Heartgard Plus Heartworm Treatments for Dogs to Merial
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved an application for prior approval from Merck & Co., Inc. to sell its Barcelonata facility to Merial Barceloneta LLC, a...
Statement by FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez on Appellate Ruling in the St. Luke’s Hospital Matter
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The decision affirms the decision by the U.S. District Court in the District of Idaho, which held that the acquisition violated Section 7 of the Clayton Act and the Idaho Competition Act, and ordered...
FTC Submits Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request, Performance Plan, and Fiscal Year 2014 Performance Report to Congress
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The Federal Trade Commission has submitted to Congress its Fiscal Year 2016 budget request, which includes the FY 2016 Budget Overview Statement, Performance Plan for FY 2015 and FY 2016, and...
FTC Puts Conditions on Sun Pharmaceutical’s Proposed Acquisition of Ranbaxy
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Pharmaceutical companies Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. have agreed to divest Ranbaxy’s interests in generic minocycline tablets in order to settle Federal Trade...
FTC Announces Schedule for Reviewing Regulations
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As part of the Federal Trade Commission’s systematic review of all current FTC rules and guides, the agency is announcing a modified 10-year regulatory review schedule. To ensure that its rules and...
FTC Requires Albertsons and Safeway to Sell 168 Stores as a Condition of Merger
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Supermarket operators Albertsons and Safeway Inc. have agreed to sell 168 supermarkets to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their proposed $9.2 billion merger would likely be...
FTC Approves Final Order Preserving Future Competition in the Market for Drug-coated Balloon Catheters Used to Treat Peripheral Artery Disease
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that global medical technology company Medtronic, Inc.’s $42.9 billion acquisition of...
FTC Approves Final Order Preserving Competition in the Market for Nicotine Patches
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that global pharmaceutical company Novartis AG’s consumer health care products joint venture...
FTC Announces New Thresholds for Clayton Act Antitrust Reviews for 2015
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The Federal Trade Commission has revised the thresholds that determine whether companies are required to notify federal antitrust authorities about a transaction under Section 7A of the Clayton Act...
FTC Approves Modified Final Order for Bi-Lo
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The Federal Trade Commission has approved a modified final order settling charges that grocery store operator Bi-Lo Holdings, LLC’s $265 million acquisition of 154 stores from Delhaize America would...
FTC Proposes to Study Merger Remedies
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The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comments on a proposal to study the effectiveness of the Commission’s orders in merger cases where it required a divestiture or other remedy. The study...
FTC Approves Final Order Barring Blue Rhino, AmeriGas from Restraining Competition
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved final orders settling charges that Blue Rhino and AmeriGas Cylinder Exchange, the two leading suppliers of propane exchange...
FTC Requests Public Comment on Merck & Co., Inc.’s Application to Approve Sale of Facilities for Manufacturing Heartgard and Heartgard Plus Heartworm Treatments for Dogs
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The Federal Trade Commission is currently accepting public comments on an application by Merck & Co., Inc. to sell assets and properties in Puerto Rico it uses to manufacture Heartgard and Heartgard...
To Settle FTC Charges, Two Trade Associations Agree to Eliminate Rules that Restrict Competition
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An association representing electricians and another representing skating teachers have agreed, in two separately settled actions, to eliminate provisions in their bylaws that the Federal Trade...
FTC Staff Issues FY 2013 Report on Branded Drug Firms’ Patent Settlements with Generic Competitors
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In Fiscal Year 2013, companies filed a total of 145 final patent dispute settlements, of which 29 created potential “pay-for-delay” agreements between branded and generic drug companies, according to...
FTC Puts Conditions on Eli Lilly’s Proposed Acquisition of Novartis Animal Health
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Global pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company has agreed to divest its Sentinel product line of medications for treating heartworm disease in dogs in order to settle FTC charges that its...
FTC Approves Community Health Systems’ Application to Divest Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center to Capella Healthcare, Inc
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved an application by Community Health Systems to sell Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center and its associated assets in...
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