In Brief: St. Jude Medical

St. Jude Medical: Federal Trade Commission requests additional information under Hart-Scott Rodino statute on the firm's planned merger with Ventritex, announced in October ("The Gray Sheet" Oct. 28, p. 3). St. Jude says it is working to provide the requested information, noting that the deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 1997. St. Jude also completes its acquisition of Pacific Dunlop's Englewood, Colorado-based Telectronics Pacing Systems and Medtel, an Asia-Pacific medical products distribution business. Deals for Telectronics and Medtel were announced simultaneously with the Ventritex merger...