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Judge allows GTCR, Surmodics to merge while awaiting US FTC trial (update*)

By Curtis Eichelberger ( November 10, 2025, 22:01 GMT | Insight) -- GTCR and Surmodics can merge while they await a US Federal Trade Commission administrative trial seeking to block their combination, a federal judge ruled Monday. The key issue in the preliminary injunction hearing was whether the court would accept GTCR and Surmodics' divestiture, which came just before the start of the trial and was rejected by the FTC as too little too late.GTCR and Surmodics can merge while they await a US Federal Trade Commission administrative trial seeking to block their combination, an Illinois federal judge ruled Monday....

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