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Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

DOJ Provides Further Guidance to Competitor Collaborations Related to COVID-19 Response

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) committed to issuing expedited “Business Review Letters” (BRLs) to provide requested guidance concerning permissible types of...more

Hogan Lovells

Reducing antitrust risk of collaborations during the COVID-19 pandemic

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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected U.S. health care in an unprecedented way, requiring hospitals, providers, and suppliers to collaborate to respond to the urgency of the crisis. The situation has also put pressure on...more

White & Case LLP

For COVID-19 Competitor Collaborations, DOJ Antitrust Division’s “Business Review Letter” Offers Easy and Likely Effective...

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On April 4, 2020, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice issued its first Business Review Letter under the DOJ-FTC joint expedited COVID-19 competitor collaboration review procedures, blessing several medical...more

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COVID-19: EU Issues Temporary Business Cooperation Framework and First ‘Comfort Letter’ in Almost 20 Years

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The European Commission has provided antitrust guidance to companies cooperating in response to urgent coronavirus (COVID-19) related matters, particularly in the health sector for critical hospital medicines and medical...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

DOJ Signs Off On First COVID-19 Competitor Collaboration

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On April 4, 2020, the Department of Justice announced its first blessing of a competitor collaboration aimed at fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. ...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

DOJ Antitrust Division Approves COVID-related Competitor Collaboration Under Expedited Procedures

The Department of Justice Antitrust Division (the “Antitrust Division”) has granted its approval to a plan by a group of medical supply manufacturers to collaborate in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

News Flash: It’s Not Illegal to Tie Sutures!

You have to hand it to Kansas federal judge Daniel Crabtree. He played it completely straight in his April 7 decision rejecting the claim by Suture Express that two national medical supply distributors were guilty of...more

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