Tag Archives: healthcare

CFIUS Clearance: AGS Health LLC (U.S.); AGS Health Private Limited (India) and Mediscribes Solutions, Inc.

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in Americas, CFIUS Case Summaries, Clearance, No Action, US
Status:        Clearance or No Action Acquirer:              AGS Health LLC (U.S.); AGS Health Private Limited (India) Acquired:             Mediscribes Solutions, Inc. (U.S.) Value:                   $56 million Industry Tags:    Software; Healthcare… Continue Reading

Supreme Court Clarifies Knowledge Requirement for False Claims Act Liability

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in Uncategorized
Earlier this year, we previewed two significant False Claims Act (FCA) cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, United States ex. rel. Schutte v. SuperValu, Inc., No. 21-1326 (“SuperValu”), and United States ex. Rel. Proctor v. Safeway, Inc., No. 22-111 (“Safeway”).  The FCA provides that “any person who knowingly presents, or causes to be presented, a false or fraudulent claim” to the … Continue Reading

CFIUS Clearance: Sino Biopharmaceutical Limited and F-Star Therapeutics, Inc.

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in CFIUS Case Summaries, Clearance, Interim Order, Mitigation, Withdrawn and Refiled
Status Tags:        Clearance; Mitigation; Withdraw and Refiled (2d Time); Interim Order; Withdrawn and Refiled Acquirer:            Sino Biopharmaceutical Limited (Hong Kong SAR, China) Acquired:           F-Star Therapeutics, Inc. (United Kingdom; U.S.) Value:                 $161 million   Industry Tags:    Pharmaceutical; Biotechnology; Healthcare… Continue Reading

CFIUS Filing: Zhejiang Youchuang Venture Capital Investment, Shaoxing City Keqiao District Paradise Silicon Intelligent Robot Industrial Investment Partnership, and EKSO Bionics Holdings

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in CFIUS Case Summaries, Mitigation, Review, Terminated
Status: CFIUS Requested Review; Terminated; Mitigation Acquirer:  Zhejiang Youchuang Venture Capital Investment Co., Ltd. (China); Shaoxing City Keqiao District Paradise Silicon Intelligent Robot Industrial Investment Partnership (China) Acquired:  EKSO Bionics Holdings, Inc. (U.S.) Value:  US$5 million Industry:  Medical Devices & Equipment; Healthcare; Exoskeleton Technology… Continue Reading

EU Commission Updates Guidance on FDI Screening in the EU; Citing COVID-19 Concerns

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in COVID-19 Coronavirus, EU, European Regulations, Foreign Investment Reviews
On March 25, 2020, the European Commission published a Guidance addressed to Member States on the application of foreign direct investment (FDI) Screening Regulation 2019/452 in the EU and restrictions on free movement of capital from third countries.  The Guidance relates to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. … Continue Reading

COVID-19 – How Do I Know If What I Do Is An Essential Service

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in COVID-19 Coronavirus, EU
This post is being published for The Trade Practitioner as part of a content partnership with our International Policy Practice. Please contact Matthew Kirk with any questions.    We are being asked with increasing frequency by companies whether, in the context of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdowns, their business counts as an “essential service”. This … Continue Reading

US Policy Prognosis: The Legislative Response to COVID-19

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in COVID-19 Coronavirus, Trade Policy & Market Access
The post is being published for The Trade Practitioner as part of a content partnership with our Public Policy Practice. Please contact Edward Newberry and Robert Kapla with any questions.  With the rapid spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), commonly known as the “coronavirus” or COVID-19, lawmakers are proposing and voting on policies to aid … Continue Reading

CFIUS Filing Clearance: Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, PSP Investments, National Pension Service of Korea, Blackstone Group, and TeamHealth Holdings, Inc.

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in CFIUS Case Summaries, Clearance
Status: Clearance   Acquirer: Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (Canada), the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (Canada), the National Pension Service of Korea (Korea) and The Blackstone Group L.P. (US) Target:  TeamHealth Holdings, Inc. (US) Value:  US$6.1 billion Industry:  Healthcare   UPDATE:  On February 6, 2017, TeamHealth Holdings, Inc., announced the closing of its acquisition … Continue Reading

CFIUS Filing Update: Renesas Electronics Corp. and Intersil Corp.

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in CFIUS Case Summaries, Clearance
Status Update:  Clearance Acquirer:  Renesas Electronics Corp. (Japan) Acquired:  Intersil Corp. (U.S.) Value:  Approx. US$3.22 Billion Industry:  Semiconductors UPDATE:  On February 21, 2017, Intersil Corporation issued a press release stating that, in relation to its pending acquisition by Renesas Electronics Corporation, the parties “received notification by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States … Continue Reading

What Does a Trump Trade Agenda Look Like? Here is Our Take

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in Trade Policy & Market Access, US Regulation
Likely Major Policy Developments   President-Elect Trump will enter the White House facing a dramatic decline in global trade growth. A recent World Trade Organization (WTO) report notes that 2016 marks the slowest pace of trade and output growth since the 2008 financial crisis. WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo called slowing trade growth “a wake-up call,” … Continue Reading
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