Dec 10 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge blocked the pending $25 billion merger of U.S. grocery chains Kroger ( KR ) and Albertsons ( ACI ) on Tuesday, siding with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in a win for the Biden administration. The FTC argued at a three-week trial in Portland, Oregon, that the merger would eliminate head-to-head competition between...

(Reuters) - A U.S. judge blocked the pending $25 billion merger of U.S. grocery chains Kroger and Albertsons on Tuesday, siding with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in a win for the Biden administration. The FTC argued at a three-week trial in Portland, Oregon, that the merger would eliminate head-to-head competition between the top two traditional grocery chains, leading to...

03:32 PM EST, 12/10/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Jazz Pharmaceuticals' ( JAZZ ) investor event on Wednesday is expected to set the stage for commercial launch possibly next year of its biliary tract cancer treatment Ziihera, RBC Capital Markets said in a note. The US Food and Drug Administration's accelerated approval of Ziihera brings Jazz a step closer towards new revenue...

Dec 10 (Reuters) - Siga Technologies' ( SIGA ) antiviral drug tecovirimat did not reduce the time to lesion resolution or have an effect on pain among adults affected by the clade II strain of mpox, according to a National Institutes of Health study published on Tuesday. ...