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IN THE NEWS

In the news: Novartis to buy Nestle's Alcon Laboratories Stakes for $39B

Once consummated, Novartis would own a minority stake in Alcon of approximately 25 percent of Alcon’s outstanding shares, while Nestlé would remain Alcon’s majority shareholder with approximately 52 percent of Alcon’s outstanding shares more

Also: Takeda to buy Millennium for $8.8 billion; Harvard University in collaboration with Merck to advance osteoporosis research; BMS selects Isis drug targeting Pcsk9 as development candidate for cardiovascular disease; IOMAI and Merck evaluate use of Iomai immunostimulant patch - more news


ARTICLES

Research Collaborations: Avoiding Possible Traps

Research collaborations offer institutions the opportunity to achieve goals they might not accomplish on their own: breakthrough discoveries with manageable costs more articles

Compulsory licenses and access to medicines - Rwanda experience

Rwanda has recently become the first country to make use of the new compulsory licensing provisions that are proposed to form Article 31bis of TRIPs Read more


EVENTS

Partnering events for spring 2008

Next up: BIO-Windhover 2008; Pharmaceutical Strategic Outlook 2008; BioNetwork East 2008; BioEurope Spring 2008 more events


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SCORECARD

The highest value partnering and M&A deals of 2008 more scorecards

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Co-marketing - two or more companies sell the same drug under different trademarks