Deals Of The Week: Celgene/Acetylon, Cytomedix/Aldagen, Vernalis/Tris Pharma
Executive Summary
CEOs from Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline hold forth on how previous years’ preparations have led up to this moment, a post-patent-cliff future for big pharma.
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