Brussels, 06/03/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 5 March, the European Commission cleared the proposed acquisition of Respironics, located in the US, by Philips of the Netherlands.
Examination of the case by the Commission revealed that the proposed acquisition would result in some overlaps in the parties' activities in the markets for light boxes and soothers (dummies) and create vertical links between, on the one hand, Respironics' OEM capnography components and Philips' critical care...