July 27, 2017

The Proposed CREATES Act: How to Fix Legislative Barriers to Competition at the FDA

Geoffrey A. Manne

Written Statement of Geoffrey A. Manne on “Antitrust Concerns and the FDA Approval Process” U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial, and Antitrust Law.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

May 9, 2017

Assessment of Procompetitive Effects of Organizational Restructuring in Ag-Biotech

Geoffrey A. Manne & Allen Gibby

The agriculture sector has seen significant technological innovation and organizational change over the last two decades, leading to increases in both farm productivity and profitability.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

April 5, 2017

Ag-biotech merger symposium wrap-up [Ag-Biotech Symposium]

Geoffrey A. Manne

On Thursday, March 30, Friday March 31, and Monday April 3, Truth on the Market and the International Center for Law and Economics presented a blog symposium — Agricultural and Biotech Mergers: Implications…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

April 3, 2017

Innovation as a shield and a club in the agribusiness mergers [Ag-Biotech Symposium]

John Lopatka

John E. Lopatka is A. Robert Noll Distinguished Professor of Law at Penn State Law School People need to eat. All else equal, the more food that can be produced…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

March 31, 2017

Finding your way in the seeds/agro-chem mergers labyrinth [Ag-Biotech Symposium]

Ioannis Lianos

Ioannis Lianos is Professor of Global Competition Law and Public Policy, UCL Faculty of Laws and Chief Researcher, HSE-Skolkovo Institute for Law and Development The recently notified mergers in the seed…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

March 31, 2017

Mergers, innovation, and agricultural biotechnology: Putting the squeeze on growers and consumers? [Ag-Biotech Symposium]

Diana Moss

Diana L. Moss is President of the American Antitrust Institute Innovation Competition in the Spotlight Innovation is more and more in the spotlight as questions grow about concentration and declining competition in…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

March 31, 2017

Innovation trends in agriculture and their implications for M & A analysis [Ag-Biotech Symposium]

Michael Sykuta

Michael Sykuta is Associate Professor, Agricultural and Applied Economics, and Director, Contracting Organizations Research Institute at the University of Missouri. The US agriculture sector has been experiencing consolidation at all levels…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

March 31, 2017

Patents and mergers [Ag-Biotech Symposium]

Shubha Ghosh

Shubha Ghosh is Crandall Melvin Professor of Law and Director of the Technology Commercialization Law Program at Syracuse University College of Law How should patents be taken into consideration in merger…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

March 31, 2017

Innovation-driven market structure in the ag-biotech industry [Ag-Biotech Symposium]

Geoffrey A. Manne

Geoffrey A. Manne is Executive Director of the International Center for Law & Economics Dynamic versus static competition Ever since David Teece and coauthors began writing about antitrust and innovation in high-tech…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection