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04/24/14 10:56 PM

#88439 RE: Ubertino #88434

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From a hammered sector since February to MERGER MANIA,

The drugs sector is in the grip of a wave of deal-making as firms strive to build up their best businesses and exit weaker ones, as highlighted by a multibillion-dollar asset swap between Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline.


Heating up for SPRING.

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Two biopharmaceutical companies with major presences in the Triangle announced a five-year collaboration agreement on Thursday.

Drug developer Biogen Idec (Nasdaq: BIIB) and biopharma development and commercial outsourcing services provider Quintiles (NYSE: Q) said they will work more closely together for at least the coming five years in order to improve Biogen's clinical development process

Another merger?

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