Contents
Introduction
Ingrid Vandenborre and Caroline Janssens

1 An Economists Perspective on Exploitative Abuse of Dominant Position and Excluding Competitors Through
Killer Acquisitions
Valérie Meunier, Rameet Sanqha and David Sevy
Compass Lexecon

2 Growing EU and UK Regulatory Interest in Alleged
Excessive Pricing
George Zacharodimos
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meaqher & Flom LLP

3 An Economic Outlook on Biosimilar Competition in Europe
Avantika Chowdhury, Adriano Barbera and Sam Carr
Oxera Consultinq LLP

4 FCA Product Denigration Decisions and Their Impact in Europe
Marta Giner Asins and Arnaud Sanz
Norton Pose Fulbright LLP

5 Procedural Issues with Merger Control Across Europe
Miranda Cole, Emma Clarke and Julien Haverals
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP

6 Recent Developments in the Analysis of Life Sciences Mergers
Maria Raptis, Michael Frese, Julia Zhu and Marta Navarro Hernández
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

7 A Practitioner's Perspective on Cooperative
Agreements in Europe
Niels Christian Ersbøll
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

8 Australia: ACCC's Enforcement and Merger Reform
Approach Could Foreshadow Increased Scrutiny
Elizabeth Avery and Susan Jones
Gilbert + Tobin

9 European Union: Commission Intensifies Merger Review Focus on Pipeline Products and Pay-for-Delay Cases in theSpotlight
Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte, Geneviève Michaux, Raphaël Fleischer
and Georgios Symeonidis
King & Spalding LLP

10 Germany and Austria: Post-Pandemic Collaboration on the Rise Amid Merger Control Legislation Shifts
Tobias Maier, Martin Bechtold, Aurelius Freytag and Karin Köller
Eversheds Sutherland.

11 Itaty: Antitrust Pioneer Continues to Break Ground on
Theories of Harm
Maria Balestriero, Enzo Marasà, Irene Picciano, Elisa Stefanini
and Claudio Todisco
Portolano Cavallo

12 Switzerland: Regulatory Changes and Mutual Market
Access Problems with European Union set to Alter
Competitive Environment
Philipp E Zurkinden, Bernhard C Lauterburg, Andrea Schütz
and Marino Baldi
Prager Dreifuss AG

13 United Kingdom: a Key Jurisdiction for Competition
Law Compliance
Gustaf Duhs and Jeremy KelIy
Stevens & Bolton LLP

14 United States: Trends of Agency Scrutiny on Pharmaceutical Transactions Expected to Shift Amid Rise
In Deal Activity
Andrew Lacy, Arman Oruc, Elliot. Silver and Charlie Stewart
Goodwin Procter LLP

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