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title: "Looking For Plausibility In FTC's Amgen Merger Challenge"
date: 2023-06-02T17:57:52-04:00
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# Looking For Plausibility In FTC’s Amgen Merger Challenge

 June 2, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is FTC trying to revive the discredited P&G case? In the 60s the Commission blocked an acquisition because it would give the company a marketing advantage. Efficient marketing is good for companies and consumers. In the Amgen case, FTC is saying that’s anticompetitive. In this [Law360 article](https://www.kelleydrye.com/News-Events/Publications/Articles/Looking-For-Plausibility-In-FTCs-Amgen-Merger-Chal), Dave Evans and Bill MacLeod explain how the FTC could lose this case fast.

 

 

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