Politics Of Mega-Mergers: Health Reform And U.S. Biopharma Realignment
Executive Summary
One theme tying together the two mega-mergers announced so far in 2009 is the sense that biopharma companies are taking defensive measures to prepare for health care reform in the U.S
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