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Implementation of the Omnibus Directive entered into force in Poland on 1 January 2023. The Implementation act amended inter alia principle Acts of Polish Consumer Law, incl.:
In this Issue: United States 1. FTC abandons challenge to Philadelphia hospital merger. On March 1, 2021, the FTC, suffering its first loss in a hospital merger challenge since 2016, voted 4-0 to end its effort to stop the proposed $599 million merger of Philadelphia-area health care systems Jefferson Health and Albert Einstein Healthcare Network. The FTC’s decision comes about a month and a half after the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office dropped out of the joint challenge. The FTC challenged the merger on the basis that it would hurt competition in the Philadelphia-area health car...
Acquisition of PGB by Global Automotive. After conducting a detailed market study among manufacturers, competitors, and buyers of tires, ACM established that enough alternatives will remain in the market for tires for retailers. ACM expects that enough competitive pressure will continue to be exerted, and that the new combination will not raise prices or reduce the quality of services. ACM also assessed what the consequences would be for the market for replacement wheels. ACM has established that, in that market too, enough competition will remain. On March 10, 2021, the Netherlands Authori...
In this Issue: United States 1. FTC to study impact of physician group and health care facility mergers. As part of its Merger Retrospective Program, on Jan. 13, 2021, the FTC issued an Order to File a Special Report to six health insurance companies. The FTC plans to use information gathered through the Special Report (e.g., patient-level data from 2015 to 2020) to analyze the competitive impact of physician and health care facility consolidation, as well as mergers and acquisitions, in markets for health care services. 2. FTC approves final order imposing conditions on combination of Pfiz...
1. FTC approves Otto Bock HealthCare North America, Inc.’s application to divest assets in prosthetic knee merger. On Dec. 1, 2020, the FTC announced its approval of an application by prosthetics manufacturer Otto Bock HealthCare North America Inc. to divest certain assets it acquired when it consummated its acquisition of FIH Group Holdings LLC (Freedom Innovations), including all microprocessor prosthetic knee (MPK) products and technology. Otto Bock completed its acquisition of Freedom Innovations in September 2017, and FTC filed an administrative complaint in December of that year. In ...