{"id":129827,"date":"2025-08-06T21:55:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T05:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/08\/06\/ftc-sues-to-block-merger-of-rivals-developing-treatment-for-faulty-aortic-valves\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T21:55:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T05:55:15","slug":"ftc-sues-to-block-merger-of-rivals-developing-treatment-for-faulty-aortic-valves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/08\/06\/ftc-sues-to-block-merger-of-rivals-developing-treatment-for-faulty-aortic-valves\/","title":{"rendered":"FTC Sues to Block Merger of Rivals Developing Treatment for Faulty Aortic Valves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A year ago, three firms were racing to bring transcatheter aortic valve replacement devices to market. The FTC said allowing Edwards Lifesciences to buy JenaValve would reduce that number to one.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/922872293\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/922872293\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/922872293\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fblike20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/29\/922872293\/law\/legal-news%2Chttps%3A%2F%2Fk2-prod-alm.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F0f%2Fd9%2Fce592b0f466fac240610f074ebb4%2Ffotolia57054505-jpg767x505.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/pinterest20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/12\/922872293\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/stumble20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/24\/922872293\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/x.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/20\/922872293\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/rss20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>A year ago, three firms were racing to bring transcatheter aortic valve replacement devices to market. The FTC said allowing Edwards Lifesciences to buy JenaValve would reduce that number to one.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/922872293\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/922872293\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/922872293\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fblike20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/29\/922872293\/law\/legal-news%2Chttps%3A%2F%2Fk2-prod-alm.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F0f%2Fd9%2Fce592b0f466fac240610f074ebb4%2Ffotolia57054505-jpg767x505.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/pinterest20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/12\/922872293\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/stumble20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/24\/922872293\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/x.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/20\/922872293\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/rss20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A year ago, three firms were racing to bring transcatheter aortic valve replacement devices to market. 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