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Complexity, diversity, and antitrust.

Antitrust Bulletin

| March 22, 2006 | Farrell, Joseph | COPYRIGHT 2006 Federal Legal Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

I. LIFE AND DEATH

This article discusses some ways in which complexity affects antitrust. It is broadly based on my lunchtime talk at the American Antitrust Institute's June 2005 Roundtable on that subject. My choice of topic was inspired by a competition issue of personal importance to me: innovation in food allergy medicine. Since I'm told my nut allergy could well be deadly, this is a life-or-death issue. (1)

The Wall Street Journal reports that a biotech company named Tanox had a promising experimental peanut allergy treatment, TNX-901, in trials five years ago, but Novartis and Genentech, Tanox's "corporate partners," insisted on its withdrawal. ...

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