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Anti-Trust

UK antitrust regulators probe Kohlberg’s Nelipak-Bemis merger

August 14, 2019 By Brad Perriello

Antitrust regulators in the U.K. yesterday opened a probe into the planned merger of Nelipak and Bemis Healthcare Packaging Europe by private equity shop Kohlberg. The PE giant acquired Cranston, R.I.-based Nelipak, which manufactures rigid healthcare packaging used in Class II and Class III medical devices and pharma drug-delivery products, in early July for an undisclosed amount. Get […]

Filed Under: Featured, Mergers & Acquisitions, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Anti-Trust, Bemis, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, Nelipak

NxStage Medical, Fresenius again delay $2B merger

October 31, 2018 By Brad Perriello

NxStage Medical (NSDQ:NXTM) yesterday once more delayed its pending $2 billion merger with Fresenius (NYSE:FMS) as the U.S. Federal Trade Commission continues to examine the deal. In July, the German renal care giant and Lawrence, Mass.-based NxStage extended the deal’s closing date by 90 days, from August 7 to Nov. 5, saying it still expected to close the deal this year. […]

Filed Under: Dialysis, Featured, Mergers & Acquisitions, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Anti-Trust, Fresenius, NxStage Medical Inc.

Stryker extends deadline on $1.4B K2M buy as shareholders sue

October 19, 2018 By Brad Perriello

Stryker (NYSE:SYK) yesterday filed to extend the anti-trust deadline on its $1.4 billion acquisition of K2M (NSDQ:KTWO) to give the U.S. Federal Trade Commission more time to examine the deal, as shareholders filed suit to block the merger, K2M said today. The new FTC filing pushes the anti-monopoly waiting period out to Nov. 16, the Leesburg, Va.-based spinal […]

Filed Under: Featured, Mergers & Acquisitions, Orthopedics, Spine, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Anti-Trust, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), K2M, Stryker

AngioDynamics nets a win in antitrust case against BD’s Bard

August 10, 2018 By Fink Densford

A federal judge in New York this week denied a motion from Becton Dickinson & Co. (NYSE:BDX) subsidiary C.R. Bard to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit filed by AngioDynamics (NSDQ:ANGO) alleging unfair competition, according to an Albany Business Review report. AngioDynamics filed the suit against Bard last May, claiming that the larger company illegally ties the sales of its […]

Filed Under: Catheters, Hospital Care, Legal News, News Well Tagged With: AngioDynamics, Anti-Trust, becton dickinson, C.R. Bard

Hospitals sue BD, distributors, GPOs over alleged safety syringe monopoly

May 7, 2018 By Brad Perriello

A group of healthcare providers levied a purported class action against BD, its distributors and group purchasing organizations accusing them of running a monopoly on the U.S. safety syringe market. The lawsuit, brought in the U.S. District Court for Southern Illinois, was filed on behalf of “healthcare providers nationwide” by a group of providers “who […]

Filed Under: Hospital Care, Legal News, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Anti-Trust, becton dickinson, Cardinal Health, Henry Schein Inc., Owens and Minor, Premier Inc., vizient

AngioDynamics levels anti-trust suit against Bard over catheter tip locators

May 31, 2017 By Brad Perriello

AngioDynamics (NSDQ:ANGO) said it leveled an anti-trust lawsuit against C.R. Bard (NYSE:BCR), alleging that the larger company illegally ties the sales of its peripherally inserted central catheters to its tip location devices. The lawsuit, filed today in the U.S. District Court for Northern New York, accuses Bard of maintaining its dominant position in the tip location market by only […]

Filed Under: Catheters, Hospital Care, Legal News Tagged With: AngioDynamics, Anti-Trust, C.R. Bard

Anti-trust regulators want more on Abbott’s pending, $25B St. Jude Medical buyout

July 13, 2016 By Brad Perriello

Abbott (NYSE:ABT) and St. Jude Medical (NYSE:STJ) said yesterday that U.S. anti-trust regulators want more information about their proposed $25 billion merger. The Federal Trade Commission’s requests mean that the waiting period on the deal is extended by 30 days “unless the period is extended voluntarily by the parties or terminated sooner by the FTC,” the […]

Filed Under: Mergers & Acquisitions, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Abbott, Anti-Trust, stjudemedical

Becton Dickinson dodges hospital’s anti-trust suit

February 1, 2016 By Brad Perriello

Becton Dickinson & Co. (NYSE:BDX) dodged an anti-trust lawsuit brought by a Georgia hospital system after a federal judge ruled last week that the plaintiff lacked standing in the putative class action. Southeast Georgia Health System sued BD last July, alleging that the Franklin Lakes, N.J.-based company monopolized the markets for hypodermic syringes and IV catheters. […]

Filed Under: Legal News Tagged With: Anti-Trust, becton dickinson, Retractable Technologies Inc.

Brazilian anti-trust regulator raids medical device companies

December 7, 2015 By Brad Perriello

Brazil’s anti-trust regulator raided medical device companies and distributors as part of a probe into possible collusion in public bids for implantable devices, hospital networks and health plans. The country’s General Superintendence at the Administrative Council for Economic Defense, or CADE, said the Dec. 1 raids in 8 Brazilian counties in 4 states was to […]

Filed Under: Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: Anti-Trust

Medtronic finally escapes Lenox MacLaren bone mill suit

December 4, 2015 By Brad Perriello

A federal judge in Colorado dismissed an anti-trust lawsuit filed against Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) by bone mill maker Lenox MacLaren Surgical, ruling that Lenox failed to name the correct Medtronic subsidiary in the suit. Louisville, Colo.-based Lenox MacLaren 1st inked a distribution deal with Medtronic subsidiary Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA in 2000, hoping the pact would provide the scale to […]

Filed Under: Legal News Tagged With: Anti-Trust, Lenox MacLaren Surgical Corp., Medtronic

Dentsply-Sirona union passes FTC muster

November 23, 2015 By Brad Perriello

Dentsply International (NSDQ:XRAY) and Sirona Dental Systems (NSDQ:SIRO) said their proposed, $5.56 billion merger-of-equals cleared the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s waiting period, clearing the way for a close in the 1st quarter of 2016. The merger, announced in September, would create the world’s largest dental equipment maker. It calls for Sirona shareholders to receive 1.8142 XRAY shares […]

Filed Under: Dental, Mergers & Acquisitions, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Anti-Trust, Dentsply Sirona, Sirona

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