October - 2015

Merger Review: Insurance Commissioners

A unique facet of the merger process in health insurance is that the state’s insurance commissioner must approve all insurance mergers. ...

Merger Review: states’ Attorneys General

Along with the Federal Government, the states are also empowered to enforce the antitrust laws. If a merger is deemed anticompetitive,...

Merger Review: the Department of Justice Antitrust Division

Under federal law, the Antitrust Division at the Department of Justice (DOJ) must challenge any merger that could “substantially lessen...

How are mergers stopped or approved?

The Department of Justice Antitrust Division, States’ Attorneys General, and State Insurance Commissioners all have the same obligation...

United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)

Congress Bans Gag-Clauses on Pharmacists

Letter from David A. Balto on behalf of Consumer Action and CPPC to the Federal Trade Commission, re

The Promise of Biosimilars

David Balto Sends Letter to HELP Committee Regarding Need for PBM Reform

Unions and Consumer Groups Submit Comments to FTC Encouraging it to Investigate PBM Practices

Congress: Target the Middlemen Who Drive Up Drug Costs

Consumer Groups Ask FTC to Implement Rules Against Pharma Rebate Walls

FTC’s current approach to pharmaceutical merger enforcement is too lax.

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