Pharma Mergers May Have Tougher Time Clearing FTC Under New Review Scheme

FTC is working with Canadian and European enforcement agencies to come up with new approach to merger reviews that could look at effects on innovation and companies' past conduct. FTC to review closed mergers to see if corrective action is necessary, FTC acting chair says.

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 4: Federal Trade Commission Headquarters in downtown Washington, DC on May 4, 2015.
FTC forms multilateral working group to revise its approach to analyzing pharma mergers • Source: Shutterstock

The US Federal Trade Commission may conduct stricter reviews of pharmaceutical mergers that consider the past behavior of the parties (such as price fixing and reverse payments), a merger’s impact on innovation, and new theories of competitive harm.

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