Siemens-SMS merger gets German OK

AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Jun 29, 2000

Siemens Medical Engineering and Shared Medical Systems have announced that the German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) has cleared the German vendor’s planned acquisition of SMS, of Malvern, PA. The FCO had been investigating the merger for potential antitrust ramifications.

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
June 30, 2000

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Siemens, SMS deal draws German antitrust scrutiny, June 9, 2000.
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