US FTC Ruffles Pharma’s Feathers Again

Dust has barely settled around the uncertainty stirred up by the Federal Trade Commission’s view of the Amgen/Horizon merger and now the US regulator is taking another surprising action.

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FTC is looking to block another pharma deal • Source: Shutterstock

A cautious optimism had settled over the pharmaceutical industry’s thinking on the regulatory outlook for deals after the US Federal Trade Commission reached an agreement with Amgen, Inc. to allow its planned merger with Horizon Therapeutics to close.

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  • FTC has revealed another surprising action, raising new questions for deal strategists.

But now the agency has suddenly turned on the industry again with another surprising action, raising new questions for deal...

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