11:48 AM EDT, 07/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific ( TMO ) won approval from the European Commission to acquire Solventum's ( SOLV ) purification and filtration business.

The transaction relates primarily to the bioprocessing filtration sector and was approved

under a simplified review process with no competition concerns, the commission said Monday in a statement.

Thermo Fisher shares fell 1.7% in recent trading Monday, and Solventum ( SOLV ) eased 0.3%.

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