Deal Watch: FTC Keeps Current Merger Guidelines In Place, For Now

Plus deals involving Incyte/Genesis, Merck & Co./Epitopea, Merck Serono/Asceneuron, Tivic Health/Statera and more.

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Scrip regularly covers business development and deal making in the biopharmaceutical industry. Deal Watch is supported by deal intelligence from Biomedtracker.

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