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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that Cardinal Health, Inc.'s acquisition of three nuclear pharmacies from Biotech was anticompetitive and reduced competition for low-energy radiopharmaceuticals in Las Vegas, Nevada; Albuquerque, New Mexico; and El Paso, Texas. Settlement of the FTC's charges requires Cardinal to reconstitute and sell nuclear pharmacies in the three cities.

The Commission vote approving the final order, and letter to a member of the public who commented on it, was 4-0. The order can be found on the FTC's website and as a link to this press release. Public comments can be found here on the FTC's website. (FTC File No. 091-0136; the staff contact is Leonard Gordon, Director, FTC Northeast Region, 212-607-2801; see press release dated July 21, 2011.)

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