The Deal Room: Big Pharma M&A Splurge & Kim Kardashian's Private Equity Fund
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The Role of Regulators in the Pharmaceutical Industry
There hasn't been a lot of regulatory oversight for intermingling between the big boys in this environment. The last time there was any form of regulatory murmurings in this industry was back in 2010. Amgen's takeover of Horizon Therapeutics would enable Amgen to use rebates on existing drugs that they hold, pressure insurance companies and pharmacies into favoring Horizon's monopoly products. So it's kind of market capture and market squeezing that the FTC doesn't typically like.
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