On 29 October, the European Commission adopted ‘interim measures’ to restore and maintain the conditions of effective competition following Illumina’s early acquisition of GRAIL, which is in breach of the standstill obligation under the EU Merger Regulation.
Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, said that Illumina and GRAIL had “put at risk the effectiveness of our ex-ante merger control enforcement. This is why we are adopting today measures...