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Is a Swine Flu Vaccine Backlash on the Cards?

By Julian Upton | Published: July 23, 2009
Image by The Artifex via Flickr The risk of over-production has paid off: world orders for swine vaccines will see billions of dollars in extra revenue for the biggest pharma companies. GlaxoSmithKline, Roche, Sanofi-Aventis, Novartis, and Baxter are all expected to report very healthy first-half earnings as a result of a wealth of government contracts for [...]
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Roche Unsweetens Genentech Pot and Takes it to the Shareholders

By George Koroneos | Published: January 30, 2009
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Roche wants Genentech and it’s sick of waiting for a deal. Six months after a special committee for the biotech firm’s board of directors rejected Roche’s offer of $43.7 billion or $89 a share, Roche has switched gears and dropped the offer to $86.50 per share and is taking negotiations to [...]
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