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Remarks of Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter: Antitrust and Health Care Providers: Policies to Promote Competition and Protect Patients

FTC Announces 14th and Final Session of its Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the 14th session of its Hearings Initiative at Creighton University School of Law in Omaha, Nebraska on June 12, 2019. This will conclude the FTC’s Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century.

FTC Hearing #14: Roundtable with State Attorneys General

The Federal Trade Commission held the 14th session of its Hearings Initiative with Creighton University School of Law in Omaha, Nebraska on June 12, 2019. This concluded the FTC’s Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century.

FTC Chairman Joseph J. Simons to Participate in International Competition Network Conference in Cartagena, Colombia

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph J. Simons and Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division will participate in the 18th annual International Competition Network (ICN) conference in Cartagena, Colombia, May 15-17, 2019. At the conference,...

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission Before the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

FTC Staff Comment to the FDA Department of Health and Human Services on Its Updated Guidance for Industry on the “Nonproprietary Naming of Biological Products”

FTC Submits Comment on FDA Guidance Regarding Nonproprietary Naming of Biological Products

The Federal Trade Commission staff has responded to the Food and Drug Administration’s request for comment on its updated industry guidance regarding nonproprietary naming of biological products.The FDA proposes to add a unique, meaningless suffix to the nonproprietary name of all biosimilar and...

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission: “Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission,” Before the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce

Prepared Remarks of Chairman Joseph J. Simons on “Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission: Strengthening Protections for American’s Privacy and Data Security”

Statement of Commissioner Noah Joshua Phillips Before the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce

Prepared Opening Remarks of Commissioner Rohit Chopra Before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce “Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission”

Oral Statement of Commissioner Christine S. Wilson as Prepared for Delivery Before the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce

FTC Testifies Before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee On Its Work to Protect Consumers and Promote Competition

The Federal Trade Commission testified today before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce about its efforts to effectively protect consumers and promote competition, while anticipating and responding to changes in the marketplace.

Administrative Law Judge Upholds FTC’s Complaint Challenging Consummated Merger of Companies that Make Microprocessor Prosthetic Knees

In an Initial Decision announced today, Chief Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell upheld a Federal Trade Commission complaint challenging the consummated merger of two prosthetics manufacturers that are top sellers of prosthetic knees equipped with microprocessors.

In Senate Testimony, FTC Highlights Work to Protect Consumers, Promote Competition

In testimony before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, the Federal Trade Commission described its work to protect consumers and promote competition through vigorous enforcement, education, advocacy, and policy work, and by anticipating and...

Prepared Remarks of Chairman Joseph J. Simons before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government

FTC becomes a founding member of ICN Framework to promote procedural fairness in competition enforcement

On May 1, the Federal Trade Commission registered for the International Competition Network’s Framework for Competition Agency Procedures (CAP), making it a founding member of the ICN’s most recent initiative to promote fair and informed competition enforcement procedures around the...

We Need To Talk: Toward a Serious Conversation About Breakups

U.S. Officials Participate in Bilateral Meetings with Officials from Japan and South Korea

Leaders of the antitrust agencies of the United States participated this past week in bilateral meetings in Tokyo, Japan and Seoul, Korea. Commissioner Christine S. Wilson of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, together with Deputy Assistant Attorneys General Roger Alford and Richard Powers of the U...

FTC Charges Surescripts with Illegal Monopolization of E-Prescription Markets

The Federal Trade Commission sued the health information company Surescripts, alleging that the company employed illegal vertical and horizontal restraints in order to maintain its monopolies over two electronic prescribing, or “e-prescribing,” markets: routing and eligibility.