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1605002 Informal Interpretation
1605003 Informal Interpretation
Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC, In the Matter of
Drug manufacturer Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC agreed to sell the rights and assets for two generic drugs, and relinquish its U.S. marketing rights to a third generic drug, in order to settle FTC charges that its proposed $2 billion acquisition of Roxane would likely be anticompetitive. The merger would have combined two of five firms marketing prednisone tablets and two of four firms marketing lithium carbonate capsules. In the market for flecainide tablets, Roxane is currently one of only two firms with significant market share. Absent the merger, Hikma was expected to market flecainide tablets in the U.S. following FDA approval, which its partner, Unimark, is currently seeking. The order preserves competition by requiring the companies to divest to Pennsylvania-based Renaissance Pharma, Inc., three strengths of anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant prednisone tablets and all strengths of lithium carbonate capsules, used to treat bipolar disorder. The order also requires Hikma to relinquish to its drug development partner, India-based Unimark Remedies Ltd., its equity interest as well as the rights to market flecainide acetate tablets in the United States, a drug used to prevent and treat abnormally fast heart rhythms.
FTC Staff Comment to the Alabama State Senate Regarding HB 241 and SB 243, Which Would Exempt Health Care Collaborations From Federal Antitrust Laws
1605001 Informal Interpretation
International Unlawful Telecommunications and Spam Enforcement Cooperation Agreement (London Action Plan/UCENet)
Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules (March 1-March 31, 2016)
Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules (February 1-February 29, 2016)
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On "The Pet Medications Industry: Issues and Perspectives," Presented by Tara Isa Koslov, Deputy Director, Office of Policy Planning
20160938: Coherent, Inc.; Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc.
Lupin Ltd., et al., In the Matter of
Generic drug manufacturers Lupin Ltd. and Gavis Pharmaceuticals LLC agreed to sell the rights and assets for two generic drugs, in order to settle FTC charges that Lupin’s proposed $850 million acquisition of Gavis would likely be anticompetitive.The merger would have combined two of only four companies that currently market generic doxycycline monohydrate capsules in two dosage strengths, used to treat bacterial infections, likely resulting in higher prices. The merger also would have eliminated one of only a few companies likely to enter the market for generic mesalamine extended release capsules, used to treat ulcerative colitis, in the near future, thereby delaying beneficial competition and the prospect of price decreases. Under the terms of the order, Lupin is required to transfer to G&W Laboratories all of Gavis’s rights and assets related to generic doxycycline monohydrate capsules no later than ten days after the acquisition is consummated. The order also requires that Gavis divest its rights and assets related to generic mesalamine capsules to G&W before the acquisition takes place.