Healthcare DIVE February 19, 2025
FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson sent a memo to agency staff on Tuesday clarifying that the Biden-era guidelines will remain in place — for now — in a setback for healthcare mergers.
Dive Brief:
- The Federal Trade Commission will continue to use stricter guidelines inked by the Biden administration in reviewing corporate mergers, FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson notified staff on Tuesday, in a setback for healthcare M&A.
- The guidelines finalized in 2023 raised the bar for antitrust review, and as such have been broadly opposed by the private sector. Their preservation complicates expectations that the Trump administration will take a looser stance toward combating consolidation.
- Ferguson said he felt the need to clarify the FTC’s M&A review process given a...
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