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Enterprise Products Partners L.P., and Dan L. Duncan, In the Matter of

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. settled charges that its $13 billion merger with GulfTerra Energy/Partners L.P. would eliminate competition in two markets: the pipeline transportation of natural gas from the West Central Deepwater region of the Gulf of Mexico; and propane storage and terminaling services in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The consent order requires the divestiture of an interest in a pipeline transportation system and an interest in a propane facility that serves the Dixie Pipeline.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
0410039
Docket Number
C-4123

California Pacific Medical Group, Inc., In the Matter of

With an administrative complaint issued on July 8, 2003 the Commission charged a San Francisco, California physicians’ organization with engaging in an agreement under which its competing members agreed collectively on the price and other terms on which they would enter into contracts with health plans or other third party payers. The complaint also alleged that Brown and Toland directed its physicians to end their preexisting contracts with payers and required its physician members to charge specified prices in all Preferred Provider Organization contracts. A final consent order prohibits Brown and Toland from negotiating with payers on behalf of physicians, refusing to deal with payers, and setting terms for physicians to deal with payers, unless the physicians are clinically or financially integrated.

Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
0210143
Docket Number
9306
Feb18

Town Meetings on Patent System Reform

The FTC, the National Academies' Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP), and the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) co-sponsored a nationwide series of Town...

Announced Action for February 11, 2005

Date
Commission authorization of the staff to file amicus brief: The Commission has authorized the staff to file a brief as amicus curiae in Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Pfizer, Inc., Case No. 04-1186...

Announced Action for February 4, 2005

Date
Commission approval of final consent order: Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved a final consent order in the matter concerning Genzyme Corporation and ILEX Oncology, Inc...

Genzyme Corporation and Ilex Oncology, Inc., In the Matter of

A consent order allowed Genzyme’s acquisition of ILEX Oncology, Inc., but requires the companies to divest certain assets in the market for solid organ transplant acute therapy drugs. Specifically, Genzyme is required to divest all contractual rights related to ILEX’s Campath®, an immunosuppressant antibody used in solid organ transplants to Schering AG.

Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
0410083
Jan14

Oil Industry Merger Effects

The FTC hosted a public conference to examine two recent studies focusing on the price effects of mergers and concentration in the United States petroleum industry. The conference brought together a...

Announced Actions for January 14, 2005

Date
The Commission has approved a petition for proposed divestiture received from General Electric Company (GE) and related to the FTC decision and order regarding GE’s acquisition of InVision...

General Electric Company, In the Matter of

General Electric was permitted to acquire InVision Technologies, Inc. with conditions that it divest InVision's YXLON x-ray nondestructive testing and inspection equipment to a Commission approved acquirer. According to the complaint issued with the consent order, the two firms are direct competitors in a highly concentrated market. The consent order protects competition in the United States market for specialized x-ray testing and inspection including standard x-ray cabinets; x-ray systems equipped with automated defect recognition software; and high-energy x-ray generators.

Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
0410106
Docket Number
C-4119

Cephalon, Inc., and CIMA Labs, Inc.

The consent order settled charges that Cephalon's proposed acquisition of Cima Labs, Inc. would allow Cephalon to continue its monopoly in the United States market for drugs that eliminate or reduce the spikes of severe pain that chronic cancer patients experience. The consent order required Cephalon to grant Barr Laboratories, Inc. a fully paid, irrevocable license to make and sell a generic version of Cephalon's breakthrough cancer pain drug, Actiq, in the United States.

Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
0410025