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8 August 2019AmericasSarah Morgan

FTC demands Boston Scientific divest business amid $4.2bn deal

The US Federal Trade Commission is requiring medical device maker Boston Scientific to divest business, as part of a settlement resolving antitrust charges related to its acquisition of UK-based healthcare company BTG.

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