Anti-trust waiting period expires for Siemens-SMS deal

AuntMinnie.com staff writers
May 28, 2000

Siemens Medical Engineering Group has announced that the waiting period mandated by the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act has expired for the vendor's pending acquisition of healthcare information systems firm Shared Medical Systems. Siemens announced the planned purchase on May 10 as part of a bid to expand its presence in the healthcare IT marketplace.

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
May 29, 2000

Copyright © 2000 AuntMinnie.com

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