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Antitrust and Competition Life Sciences Quarterly Update Q2 2024

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To date, 2024 has not yet seen the type of mega-merger (Pfizer/Seagen) or level of agency enforcement (Sanofi/Maze or Amgen/Horizon) as 2023. But two notable investigations — one still active — show the Federal Trade...more

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Amgen, Black Knight, and Assa Abloy: Are Merger Settlements Making a Comeback?

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Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter, for the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division, has been openly and repeatedly skeptical of merger remedies and settlements: “Merger remedies short of blocking a...more

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Amgen-Horizon: The FTC's First Litigated Pharmaceutical Merger Challenge in 14 Years and First Conglomerate Merger Challenge in...

On May 17, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) challenged Amgen Inc.’s (Amgen) proposed acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics plc (Horizon). The complaint is significant in three respects....more

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Antitrust & Competition Life Sciences Quarterly Update - Q1 2023

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Our prior updates covered how FTC enforcement activity largely proceeded “as usual” during 2022 in the life sciences industry, with large pharmaceutical players buying or licensing promising, but still risky, assets from...more

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Antitrust & Competition Life Sciences 2022 Year In Review

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M&A activity in the life sciences space proceeded largely as usual in 2022, with most transactions receiving expected levels of agency scrutiny and closing in the normal course despite aggressive rhetoric from new leadership...more

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