FTC Narrowly Okays AbbVie/Allergan Merger As Dissenter Slams Divestitures To AstraZeneca, Nestlé
Executive Summary
Commissioner Chopra says candy maker Nestlé cannot take Allergan’s place in the market and AstraZeneca would get a windfall without paying anything for a valuable drug development project. AbbVie/Allergan must divest enzyme replacement therapies Zenpap and Viokace to Nestlé and investigational IL-23 inhibitor brazikumab to AstraZeneca.
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