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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10706

10 October 2012
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) competition
Watson gets go-ahead to take over Actavis

Brussels, 09/10/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 5 October, the European Commission cleared the EU proposed acquisition of the Swiss-based pharmaceutical company Actavis by the generic pharmaceutical company Watson of the United States.

The Commission examined the effects of the proposed transaction on the markets for a number of drugs, such as anti-depressants and anti-hypertensives, in particular in Denmark, Sweden and the UK. The investigation showed that despite significant changes in...

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