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Tuesday, 12/20/2011 8:09:19 AM

Tuesday, December 20, 2011 8:09:19 AM

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Three European companies douse hopes for new drugs
[How's that for a cheery headline?]

By Ben Hirschler and Elena Berton
LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - Three of Europe's biggest drugmakers -- AstraZeneca (LSE:AZN.L - News), Novartis (VTX:NOVN.VX - News) and Sanofi (:SASY.PA) -- reported product setbacks on Tuesday, underlining the difficulties of developing new medicines to make up for those going off patent.


http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Three-European-companies-rb-2264591705.html

AZN -- cancer (olaparib), depression -- poor results
NVS -- Rasilez -- blood pressure - placebo better
ASY.PA -- oral multiple sclerosis (MS) drug Aubagio -- no better than Rebif
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