In this article, Steven Tenn describes the FTC’s approach in a recent litigation, FTC v. Advocate Health Care Network, where the FTC successfully challenged a proposed merger of two healthcare systems with hospitals in the northern suburbs of Chicago. He discusses the case from his perspective as the FTC’s economic expert in that matter.
Anticompetitive conduct and patents listed in the Orange Book
Branded pharmaceutical manufacturers are required by law to list all patents in the Orange Book that cover an approved drug product. However,...