Commission Approves Final Consent Order in Matter of Getinge AB and Datascope Corp.

– Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved a final consent order in the matter of Getinge AB and Datascope Corp. The vote approving the final order was 3-0, with Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour recused. (FTC File No. 091-0000; the staff contact is David L. Inglefield, Bureau of Competition, 202-326-2637; see press release dated January 29, 2009, at http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/01/getinge.shtm.)

Copies of the documents mentioned in this release are available from the FTC’s Web site at http://www.ftc.gov and from the FTC’s Consumer Response Center, Room 130, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20580. Call toll-free: 1-877-FTC-HELP.

(FYI 12.2009.wpd)