Health campaigners call for greater checks on AbbVie/Allergan merger

Trade unions and consumer groups have urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to intervene in the planned $63 billion merger of drugmakers AbbVie and Allergan, arguing it would “substantially harm competition”.

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