Announced Actions for August 20, 2002

The Commission has approved the issuance of a final consent order in the matter concerning Biovail Corporation and Elan Corporation, plc, and authorized a response letter to be sent to the one commenter of record. The Commission vote to approve the final consent order and to issue the letter was 5-0. (FTC File No. 011-0132; staff contact is Randall Marks, Bureau of Competition, 202-326-2571; see press release dated June 27, 2002.)

Copies of the documents mentioned in this release are available from the FTC’s Web site at http://www.ftc.gov  and also from the FTC’s Consumer Response Center, Room 130, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580. Call toll-free: 1-877-FTC-HELP.