Standard General/Tegna: Sources Say Pelosi-Pallone Letter Provides Political Cover for Rosenworcel to ‘Pocket Veto’ Deal

Amgen/Horizon Therapeutics: FTC Staff Probes Buyer’s Past Drug-Price Increases and Alleged Anticompetitive Tactics 

FTC staff reviewing Amgen’s (AMGN) proposed $27.8 billion acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics (HZNP) is probing the acquirer’s track record of raising drug prices and allegedly shielding its...

UnitedHealth/Change Healthcare: As DOJ Drops Appeal, Agency May Pivot to Considering Broader Section 2 Cases Against U.S. Health Behemoths

DOJ said today that it wouldn’t appeal a federal judge’s decision allowing UnitedHealth’s (UNH) $7.8 billion acquisition of Change Healthcare (CHNG).    The purchase of Change, which operates...

The European Antitrust Agenda: Microsoft’s Formal Activision Remedy Pledge; CMA Takes Shot at UnitedHealth/Emis Merger; EC Extends Broadcom/VMware Probe; European Cloud Providers Tell Microsoft to End Allegedly Unfair Licensing

Microsoft makes formal EC remedy offer. Microsoft (MSFT) last week offered formal concessions to the European Commission in connection with its planned takeover of Activision Blizzard (ATVI). The...