Washington

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said it won't oppose the merger between Valley Forge, Pa.-based AmeriSource Health and Orange, Calif.-based Bergen Brunswig, eliminating the last regulatory hurdle to the merger.

With the merger, 90 percent of the U.S. drug distribution market will be controlled by three companies: AmeriSource-Bergen, McKesson and Cardinal Health.

Also, AmeriSource-Bergen Corp. has been added to Standard and Poor's 500 Index. The new company's ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange is ABC.

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