Steris/Synergy a Decade Out: A Retrospective Assessment

In this episode, Capitol Forum’s Nate Soderstrom sits down with Jeremy Sanford, partner at Econic Partners and former FTC economist, to discuss his new paper on the 2015 Steris/Synergy merger—a key potential competition case that was litigated but allowed to proceed.

Jeremy walks through:

Why the FTC brought the case

• The court’s reasoning in denying the injunction
• What we’ve learned from 10 years of post-merger evidence
• How this case fits into broader merger enforcement and guideline updates