Inversion Crackdown: Does It Spell The End For Pfizer/AstraZeneca?
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The U.S. Treasury’s initiative to reduce M&A motivated by tax avoidance could leave Pfizer in a lurch, without an attractive acquisition target to reenergize the big pharma’s long-term outlook.
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