Today's Inquirer             •      •      •      •      •        •      •      •          •      •        •        •      •      •      •      •              •      •      •      •      •      •      •      •            •              •      •    INQUIRER PHOTOGRAPHY » » » » CLASSIFIEDS            •    •        >  Monday, Dec 05, 2005             Posted on Fri, Aug. 26, 2005 EU approves purchase by Johnson & Johnson It can buy Guidant Corp. after agreeing to sell 2 units in Europe. The last hurdle is U.S. antitrust clearance. By Matthew Newman and Kerry Dooley Young BLOOMBERG NEWS Johnson & Johnson, one of the world's biggest makers of medical devices, won European Union approval for its $25.4 billion purchase of Guidant Corp. after agreeing to sell two units in Europe. The European Commission, the EU's regulator in Brussels, said the co

more...