Actelion Could Succumb To Big Pharma's Charms
Executive Summary
News that Europe’s largest biotech Actelion is in preliminary discussions with Johnson & Johnson about a transaction has been viewed favourably by investors, and could see the return of mega-merger activity to other big pharma companies.
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