Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a modified final order settling charges that Healthcare Technology Holdings, Inc.’s proposed acquisition of SDI Health LLC, through the former’s subsidiary IMS Health Inc., would be anticompetitive and likely would increase prices for market research products in the health care industry. The final order […]
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FTC Approves Divestiture Trustee’s Sale of Tops Supermarket in Bath, New York
The Federal Trade Commission has approved the sale of the former Penn Traffic supermarket located at 404 West Morris Street in Bath, New York, to Moran Foods, Inc., d/b/a Save-A-Lot, Ltd. The sale is required under an FTC order settling charges that Tops Markets’ January 2010 acquisition of the bankrupt Penn Traffic Company supermarket chain […]
Administrative Law Judge Upholds FTC’s Complaint Against Ohio Hospital Deal, Orders ProMedica to Divest St. Luke’s Hospital
In an Initial Decision announced today, Chief Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell ruled that ProMedica Health System, Inc.’s consummated acquisition of rival St. Luke’s Hospital harmed competition in violation of U.S. antitrust law and would allow ProMedica to raise the prices of general acute care inpatient hospital services in Lucas County, Ohio (the Toledo […]
FTC Action Protects Competition in Market for Iron Pipe Fittings Used in Municipal Water Systems
The Federal Trade Commission has filed complaints against the three largest U.S. suppliers of ductile iron pipe fittings, which are used in municipal water systems around the United States. The FTC charged that the three companies, McWane, Inc., Star Pipe Products, Ltd., and Sigma Corporation, illegally conspired to set and maintain prices for pipe fittings, […]
FTC Approves Universal Health Services’ Application to Sell Las Vegas Psychiatric Facilities
Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved an application by Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) to sell its Las Vegas, Nevada, psychiatric facilities, including Montevista Hospital and Red Rock Behavioral Health Hospital, to Strategic Behavioral Health, LLC. UHS is required to sell the assets under an FTC order settling charges that […]
FTC Protects Consumers by Requiring Valeant to Sell Three Prescription Drugs as Condition to Acquire Rival Dermatology Businesses from Sanofi and Johnson & Johnson
Protecting competition in the market for three topical dermatology drugs, the Federal Trade Commission has approved orders requiring Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. to divest three drugs used to treat different skin ailments, as conditions of acquiring Ortho Dermatologics, Inc. from Johnson & Johnson, and Dermik Laboratories, Inc. from Sanofi. Under the settlements, Valeant will sell […]
Statement by FTC Competition Bureau Director Richard FeinsteinRegarding U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Ruling in the Matter of Phoebe Putney
For Release December 9, 2011 The Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition, Richard Feinstein, issued the following statement regarding today’s ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in the Matter of Phoebe Putney Health System Inc., in which the FTC challenged Phoebe Putney’s proposed acquisition of rival Palmyra […]
FTC Puts Conditions on LabCorp’s Acquisition of Rival Orchid Cellmark, Inc.
The Federal Trade Commission will require laboratory testing companies Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp) and Orchid Cellmark Inc. (Orchid) to divest a portion of Orchid’s paternity testing business, to resolve the FTC complaint alleging that LabCorp’s $85.4 million acquisition of Orchid would have an anticompetitive impact in the market for paternity testing services used […]
FTC Seeks Public Comments on Trustee’s Proposal in Tops Markets Matter to Sell Former Penn Traffic Supermarket in Bath, New York to Save-A-Lot
The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comments on an application filed by the Divestiture Trustee in the Tops Markets matter seeking approval to sell one former Penn Traffic supermarket to Moran Foods, Inc., d/b/a Save-A-Lot, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of SuperValu. Pursuant to an FTC order settling charges that Tops Markets’ January 2010 […]
FTC Requires Parent of Market Research Firm IMS Health to Sell Two Product Lines Before Acquiring Rival SDI Health
The Federal Trade Commission today announced that Healthcare Technology Holdings, Inc., the parent company of market research firm IMS Health Inc., has agreed to sell two product lines of rival SDI Health LLC, as a condition of allowing it to proceed with its acquisition of SDI. The proposed settlement order requires the sale of SDI’s […]