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France: Regulators clear Actavis, Warner Chilcott pharma deal

By  |  August 9, 2013

The French Competition Authority announced its approval for a pending merger between pharmaceutical giants Actavis and Warner Chilcott, say reports. Actavis’s buyout of Warner Chilcott remains pending. The German Federal Cartel Office has similarly cleared the deal and, according to a press release, the parties have now obtained permission from all ex-US antitrust regulators. Financial details of the deal were not made public. Actavis, based in the US, recently went head-to-head with the US Federal Trade Commission in the Supreme Court; the Court found that so-called pay-for-delay deals, which delay cheaper, generic forms of pharmaceuticals from being sold, can be subject to antitrust lawsuits.

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