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How Do We Raise R&D Productivity?

By Julian Upton | Published: September 7, 2010
That’s the big question that no one has answered yet. So perhaps its worth breaking it down into smaller parts, suggests Dr Brian D Smith. An ill-posed question is a mathematician’s term that well describes what many Big Pharma companies are asking themselves, namely, how can we raise R&D productivity? It’s ill-posed because it has not [...]
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Astellas and OSI Come Together

By Oriana Schwindt | Published: May 19, 2010
The months-long saga is finally over: Astellas’ enhanced offer of $57.50 a share—around $4 billion—has finally netted it Melville, NY-based OSI Pharmaceuticals. The Japan-based pharma first extended an acquisition offer of $52 per share ($3.5 billion) to OSI on March 1, only to be met with a resounding “Nay” from the board, which said $52 [...]
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