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FTC allows AZ merger to move ahead
The FTC has decided not to challenge a planned merger between two-hospital Sun Health and 19-hospital Banner Health, both based in Arizona. Phoenix-based Banner and Sun City-based Sun Health signed a Read more...
FTC slams IL physicians' retail clinic rules
In a move that could set back national physician efforts to control the evolution of retail clinics, the Federal Trade Commission has labeled retail clinic regs backed by Illinois doctors as Read more...
With FTC against deal, No. VA system gives up on acquisition
With the Federal Trade Commission coming out against the deal on antitrust grounds, Northern Virginia's five-hospital Inova Health System has given up on its plans to acquire Prince William Health Read more...
FTC comes down on IL bill restricting retail clinics
The Federal Trade Commission has let it be known that it isn't thrilled with pending legislation that could place limits on the state's growing retail clinic industry. The agency found that the bill, Read more...
FTC: Pharmas cut 14 deals to delay generic sales in '07
Makers of brand-name prescription drugs reached 14 agreements with makers of generic drugs to delay the generic drug makers entry into the market, according to a new report released by the Federal Read more...
Dialysis, cancer service firm gets $75M for deals and growth
If you haven't heard of Ambulatory Services of America, you might in the future. The Brentwood, TN-based firm, which offers alternate-site dialysis and cancer treatment centers in partnership with Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Dems capturing pharma political dollars; FTC upset about pharmacos' anti-generics deals; and much more...
> Wondering who's getting pharmaceutical dollars in this election cycle? Guess what--it's the Democrats. Read more...
Independent TX practices engaged in price fixing
In backing a 2005 Federal Trade Commission decision against North Texas Specialty Physicians, the fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed that the association of independent practices in Forth Read more...
FTC works to stop VA hospital merger
The FTC, along with Virginia's attorney general, have announced that they plan to step in to block the planned the planned merger between a Virginia hospital chain and one of its current rivals. Read more...
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