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biomaven0

06/14/12 10:23 AM

#143859 RE: genisi #143852

they can coformulate Fovista&Lucentis



I wonder if that would raise the FTC's hackles? Certainly REGN would complain bitterly about such a merger and resulting co-formulation. It speaks to so-called "tying" where a company attempts to extend a dominant position in one product so as to also encompass other products. I'm not aware of any examples of this happening in pharmaceuticals.

Peter

DewDiligence

06/14/12 11:07 AM

#143866 RE: genisi #143852

As noted in #msg-76571926, the technical problems of co-formulating Lucentis and Fovista may be more consequential than the legal/anti-competitive issues. I’m not aware of any cases of co-formulation involving a biologic (in this instance, a biologic and an aptamer). Do you know of any?