Pharma Mega Mergers: Is Bigger Really Better?
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Merck, Wyeth execs say large-scale mergers are indeed necessary to compete in pharma R&D and maintain global reach cost effectively.
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