TVA’s acquisition of Transcontinental magazines approved
TVA Group’s proposed acquisition of Transcontinental’s consumer magazine portfolio was recently cleared by the Competition Bureau. Both TVA and Transcontinental are major Canadian communications companies with a strong sector in magazine publishing. Under the acquisition, TVA will become the sole owner of 11 magazine brands, which include well-known titles such as Elle Canada, Canadian Living and The Hockey News. The Bureau concluded that the transaction is unlikely to result in a substantial lessening or prevention of competition, based on the following considerations: the presence of competitors in the same magazine genres advertisers’ abilities to reach the same demographics through other magazines and media ... [more] Full article
GSK-Novartis transaction approved in Canada based on commitments in EU and US
A proposed transaction between two multinational pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare product companies, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Novartis was recently given the go-ahead by the Competition Bureau. The proposed transaction was announced ... [more] Full article
Pre-merger notification threshold increases to $86 million
The transaction size pre-merger notification threshold for 2015 will be $86 million, up from $82 million in 2014, the Competition Bureau announced recently. The new threshold is expected to come ... [more] Full article
Competition Bureau Approves Pharmacy Management Merger
Pharmacy management solutions companies TELUS Health and XD3 Solutions recently agreed to make it easier for pharmacists to switch software providers, in order to resolve the Competition Bureau’s concerns that their ... [more] Full article
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