Novartis and Alcon reach compromise to settle merger saga
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Alcon's board of directors has finally approved a merger agreement with Novartis for the Alcon shares the latter does not already own, drawing a close to protracted negotiations that first began nearly a year ago.
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