The European Commission decided on Tuesday 19 July to issue a statement of objections alleging that US companies Illumina and GRAIL had breached the EU Merger Regulation as the former company acquired the latter while the Commission’s in-depth investigation of the deal was still ongoing.
Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President in charge of competition policy, deplored the fact that these companies had conducted their deal “while the Commission is still carrying out its in-depth...