US deal watchdog's bark could be worse than its bite

US deal watchdog's bark could be worse than its bite

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The last few years have been quiet for biopharma M&A, and an increasingly muscular US Federal Trade Commission is regularly cited as a reason. The agency’s scrutiny of proposed deals has certainly stepped up, but to what extent can the antitrust regulator be blamed for this apparent dip in activity?