Deals of the Week: Aptalis For Sale
Executive Summary
A report suggests that Aptalis Pharma is on the block, but is the price too high? Also, Quintiles spends some of its IPO war chest on a smaller North Carolina CRO, and Pfizer strikes a diabetes deal with Sanford-Burnham.
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