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February 06, 2023 - Healthcare, Litigation, Antitrust, United States
DOJ Signals Intent to Increase Antitrust Scrutiny of Information Sharing
By: Alexander Okuliar, Lisa M. Phelan, Joseph Charles Folio III, Margaret A. Webb and Jamis Barcott
On February 2, 2023, the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division, Doha Mekki, announced that the DOJ was withdrawing three policy statements outlining safe harbors for information sharing in the healthcare industry, and suggested that DOJ’s
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July 15, 2021 - United States, Healthcare, Antitrust
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy: Drug Pricing and Healthcare Industry Initiatives
By: Stacy Cline Amin
On July 9, 2021, President Biden enacted a sweeping executive order creating a “whole‑of-government competition policy.” Morrison & Foerster outlined the administration’s policy in a recent client alert that provides a comprehensive summary of the efforts to change both the substance and the approach
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April 19, 2021 - Litigation, European Union, Pharma, Intellectual Property, Antitrust
Pay-for-Delay has a tough (antitrust) time at EU Top Court
By: Jens Hackl and Andreas Grünwald
In recent years, there have been various antitrust investigations in the pharmaceutical sector resulting in decisions of the European Commission (EC) and the European Courts.[1] In two recent rulings – “Lundbeck”[2] and “Paroxetine”[3] – the European Court of Justice (ECJ) dealt with settlement agreements
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March 26, 2020 - United States, COVID-19, Antitrust
Federal Antitrust Agencies Encourage Appropriate Competitor Collaboration to Address the COVID-19 Crisis
By: David D. Cross
The U.S. antitrust agencies – the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – have recognized a need for “unprecedented cooperation between federal, state, and local governments and among private businesses to protect Americans’ health and safety” during the
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Topic Archives: Antitrust

DOJ Signals Intent to Increase Antitrust Scrutiny of Information Sharing

By: Alexander Okuliar, Lisa M. Phelan, Joseph Charles Folio III, Margaret A. Webb and Jamis Barcott

BIDEN ADMINISTRATION Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy: Drug Pricing and Healthcare Industry Initiatives

By: Stacy Cline Amin

Pay-for-Delay has a tough (antitrust) time at EU Top Court

By: Jens Hackl and Andreas Grünwald

Federal Antitrust Agencies Encourage Appropriate Competitor Collaboration to Address the COVID-19 Crisis

By: David D. Cross