UK Competition Watchdog Has Concerns About Stryker/Wright Medical Merger

The UK Competition and Markets Authority has concerns over the impact on the market for ankle replacements that would result from Stryker's planned $4bn acquisition of Wright Medical.

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The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has said that if Stryker Corp.’s purchase of Wright Medical Group NV went ahead, it would have a negative impact on patients in the UK who need ankle replacements. Following an initial investigation, the CMA found that the proposed merger would result in the combined company having a share of over 90% of the total ankle replacement prostheses market in the UK.

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