FTC wants more information on Novo-Catalent deal in antitrust review

The Fed­er­al Trade Com­mis­sion has ex­tend­ed its an­titrust re­view of No­vo Hold­ings’ $16.5 bil­lion pur­chase of Catal­ent by po­ten­tial­ly an­oth­er 30 days as it re­quests ad­di­tion­al in­for­ma­tion.

Both the man­u­fac­tur­er and the No­vo Nordisk Foun­da­tion, the par­ent com­pa­ny of No­vo Hold­ings, were tapped by the FTC on Thurs­day for “ad­di­tion­al in­for­ma­tion and doc­u­men­tary ma­te­ri­als,” ac­cord­ing to Catal­ent’s Fri­day SEC fil­ing. Once both par­ties send the FTC the re­quest­ed in­for­ma­tion, the agency will need a fur­ther 30 days to re­view.

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