Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act

Pfizer Inc.; Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - BWB/Z-5855 | Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde

Pfizer Inc.; Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

BWB/Z-5855

31.01.2022

On 28.01.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

Pfizer Inc. intends to acquire all shares in and sole control over Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
The concentration concerns pharmaceutical products used in the treatment of inflammation and immunology.

Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 25.02.2022.

Entrepreneurs whose legal or economic interests are affected by the merger can bring in a written statement at the Federal Competition Authority or the Federal Cartel Prosecutor within 14 days from publication date.

Note: The intervening party has no right to a certain treatment of the statement and will not gain a party position.

Non-prohibition of the merger

The Federal Competition Authority and the Federal Cartel Prosecutor have not applied for examination of the merger by the Cartel Court. The standstill obligation (§ 17 (1) Cartel Act) ends with effect from 26.02.2022 .

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