Category: Global Blogs

US/UK: $106B not good enough for AstraZeneca (Competition Policy International)

AstraZeneca has reportedly rejected a reported $106 billion buyout offer made by US peer Pfizer last Friday, claiming the bid “substantially” undervalued the company.

According to reports, Pfizer submitted its bid and UK-based AstraZeneca rejected it all in the same day. Should the companies eventually agree on a price tag, such …read more

US: FTC challenges reverse payment suit dismissal (Competition Policy International)

The US Federal Trade Commission has reportedly filed an amicus brief urging an appeals court to reverse an earlier dismissal of a pharmaceutical pay-for-delay lawsuit.

The FTC filed the brief in the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, asking it to reverse the dismissal of Lamictal Direct Purchaser Antitrust …read more

US: Latest antitrust attack on Google slams pre-loaded Android apps (Competition Policy International)

Antitrust problems for Google only seems to keep getting bigger.

Reports emerged late last week that a new class action lawsuit has been filed in the US against the conglomerate on allegations the firm “illegally monopolized” the mobile search market by pre-loading certain apps on its Android smartphones.

Applications including the YouTube …read more

Wrapping up the week (on SEPs, Uber, Tesla, lawyer moves and legal rankings) (Chillin’ Competition)

This week’s blogging inactivity has had a lot to do with a pile of new and old work, the fact that I’m moving houses and have the in-laws here (a painful process; the moving, I meant), the fact that I devoted some time to watching two Spanish teams get to …read more