US FTC Approves Fresenius And NxStage Merger
Executive Summary
The US Federal Trade Commission has finally approved Fresenius' $2bn acquisition of NxStage Medical. A complaint filed by the FTC in February 2019 claimed the deal would be anti-competitive.
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