Dentsply's Degussa Dental Purchase Small Enough To Avoid FTC Challenge
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Dentsply International's acquisition of Degussa Dental for about $500 mil. in cash will combine the first and second largest suppliers in the worldwide professional dental products market, but the deal is small enough to elude antitrust scrutiny, Dentsply says.
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