Antitrust Waiting Period Expires on Allscripts-Misys Merger... ( Regulatory Hurdle Clears ...)

Antitrust Waiting Period Expires on Allscripts-Misys Merger Agreement

Date:6/2/2008

Regulatory Hurdle Clears Way for Approval of Merger

CHICAGO, June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Allscripts, the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, announced today that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, with respect to the merger agreement announced on March 18, 2008 between Allscripts and Misys Healthcare to form Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions, Inc., has expired.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061005/ALLSCRIPTSLOGO-b)

The expiration of the Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period satisfies one of the closing conditions. The transaction remains subject to other customary closing conditions.

Misys Healthcare is a division of Misys plc (FTSE: MSY.L), the global applications software and services company.

About Allscripts

Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX) is the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare. The company's unique solutions inform, connect and transform healthcare, delivering improved care at lower cost. More than 40,000 physicians and thousands of other healthcare professionals in clinics, hospitals and extended care facilities nationwide utilize Allscripts to automate everyday tasks such as writing prescriptions, documenting patient care, managing billing and scheduling, and safely discharging patients, as well as to connect with key information and stakeholders in the healthcare system. To learn more, visit Allscripts at htt
'/>"/>

0

GOOD

Page: 1 2
Related medicine news :

1. Siemens Announces Early Termination of Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period For Acquisition of Dade Behring Holdings, Inc.; U.S. Antitrust Clearance Achieved
2. PCMA Statement on Independent Pharmacy Antitrust Legislation
3. Former FTC Attorney Christine White Joins Crowell & Morings Health Care and Antitrust Groups
4. Microtek Medical Receives Early Termination of Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Waiting Period for Its Proposed Acquisition by Ecolab
5. New Technology at Unitrin Direct Gives Customers an Alternative to Waiting
6. Radiation seed implant decreases risk of death over watchful waiting
7. New Heart Pump Helps Women Awaiting Transplants
8. Governor Rendell Offers Coverage to 29,000 on AdultBasic Waiting List; Unveils New Policy to Improve Quality of Care for the Low-Income and Pennsylvanians With Disabilities
9. Blacks awaiting lung transplants more likely to die or be denied than whites
10. Blacks Awaiting Lung Transplants Face Poorer Outcomes
11. Renovis Announces Expiration of Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) 30-Day Waiting Period; Merger With Evotec on Track to Close in Early May, 2008

Post Your Comments:

Antitrust Waiting Period Expires on Allscripts-Misys Merger...( Regulatory Hurdle Clears ...),Health