First DataBank divests Medi-Span
Executive Summary
Hearst subsidiary First DataBank sells Medi-Span business to Wolters Kluwer's Facts and Comparisons as part of a proposed settlement with the Federal Trade Commission Nov. 9. Under the settlement, First DataBank customers can terminate their contracts for National Drug Data File products. In April, FTC filed a complaint against Hearst in D.C. federal court alleging that Hearst had monopolized the integrated drug information database market via its acquisition of Medi-Span (1"The Pink Sheet" April 9, p. 6)...