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— 18 entries in the record.
18
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Aug 1, 1997
To
Jul 9, 2024
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1997 · 1 event
1998 · 1 event
2000 · 1 event
2006 · 2 events
2008 · 1 event
2010 · 1 event
2013 · 2 events
2016 · 1 event
2018 · 1 event
2019 · 3 events
2020 · 1 event
2022 · 2 events
2024 · 1 event
1997
2024
Date
Event
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2024-07-09
FTC Report Reveals PBM Oligopoly: Top 3 Control 80% of Market, Extract $7.3 Billion Through Markups
Federal Trade Commission · Lina Khan · CVS Caremark · Express Scripts · +2
confirmed
2022-06-14
FTC Blocks JAB Consumer Partners Veterinary Clinic Roll-Up: Private Equity Monopolization Strategy
Federal Trade Commission · JAB Consumer Partners · JAB Holding Company · National Veterinary Associates · +2
confirmed
2022-05-18
Biden Invokes Defense Production Act for Baby Formula After Abbott Recall Exposes Dangerous Monopoly
Joe Biden · Abbott Nutrition · Food and Drug Administration · U.S. Department of Defense
confirmed
2020-05-08
AbbVie Completes $63 Billion Allergan Acquisition: Pharmaceutical Industry Consolidates Into Oligopoly
AbbVie · Allergan · Federal Trade Commission
confirmed
2019-11-15
Bristol-Myers Squibb Completes $74 Billion Celgene Acquisition Despite FTC Concerns
Bristol-Myers Squibb · Celgene · Federal Trade Commission · Amgen · +1
confirmed
2019-10-07
Sutter Health Settles Antitrust Case for $575 Million, Admits to All-or-Nothing Contracting and Price Concealment
Sutter Health · Xavier Becerra · California Attorney General
confirmed
2019-10-01
Class Action Lawsuit Alleges Big Four Meatpackers Conspired to Fix Beef Prices and Manipulate Markets
Tyson Foods · JBS · Cargill · National Beef · +1
confirmed
2018-06-07
Bayer Completes $63 Billion Monsanto Acquisition: Agricultural Seeds and Chemicals Consolidate Into Big Four Oligopoly
Bayer AG · Monsanto · Department of Justice · Antitrust Division · +2
confirmed
2016-10-10
Anheuser-Busch InBev Completes $107 Billion SABMiller Acquisition: Beer Industry Consolidates Into Duopoly
Anheuser-Busch InBev · SABMiller · Molson Coors · Department of Justice · +1
confirmed
2013-12-09
American Airlines-US Airways Merger Creates Airline Oligopoly: Big Four Control 75% of Market
American Airlines · US Airways · Department of Justice · Antitrust Division
confirmed
2013-01-01
Four Firms Control 85%+ of Multiple U.S. Industries, Documenting Oligopolistic Market Structure
Airlines · Telecom companies · Pharmaceutical companies · Agribusiness
confirmed
2010-01-01
Hospital Consolidation Wave (2010-2020): 1,164 Mergers with Only 1% FTC Enforcement Rate
Federal Trade Commission · Hospital corporations
confirmed
2008-10-29
Delta-Northwest Merger Approved: Beginning of Airline Industry Consolidation Wave
Delta Air Lines · Northwest Airlines · Department of Justice · Antitrust Division
confirmed
2006-12-29
AT&T Completes $86 Billion BellSouth Acquisition: Bell System Reassembled After 1984 Breakup
AT&T Inc. · BellSouth Corporation · Federal Communications Commission · SBC Communications
confirmed
2006-01-01
Ares Management Acquires Aspen Dental: Private Equity Dental Roll-Up Strategy Launches Industry Consolidation
Aspen Dental · Ares Management · Leonard Green & Partners · American Securities
confirmed
2000-01-01
Top 10% of Firms Capture 90% of Profit Growth Between 1980-2000, Documenting Monopolization
Dominant firms · Smaller competitors
confirmed
1998-09-30
NationsBank-BankAmerica $62 Billion Merger Creates First Coast-to-Coast National Bank
NationsBank · BankAmerica · Federal Reserve · Department of Justice · +1
confirmed
1997-08-01
Boeing-McDonnell Douglas Merger Approved: Defense Contractor Consolidation Creates Oligopoly
Boeing · McDonnell Douglas · Federal Trade Commission · U.S. Department of Defense · +2
confirmed