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Botox is a multi-billion dollar, potentially deadly monopoly

by Kai Ryssdal , Emily Henderson and Sean McHenry
Oct 31, 2017
The product comes from a substance so lethal that it could be used as a potential agent of bioterrorism.
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The Price of Profits

Pharma: an industry shaped by shareholder value

by Dan Bobkoff
Jun 15, 2016
Big drug companies today have remade their business models.
Big Pharma has remade their business models over time to maximize shareholder value. 
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The only way to stop inversions might be tax reform

by Dan Gorenstein
Apr 6, 2016
The Pfizer-Allergan merger is out, but what about inversions across the board?
Pfizer was set to merge with Allergan, but after new inversion rules announced by the Treasury Department, the phama giants decided against merging. 
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Pfizer abandons $160B Allergan deal

by Marketplace Staff
Apr 6, 2016
A change in U.S. tax laws has put a halt to the merger.
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Pfizer's tax-driven Allergan merger

by Tracey Samuelson
Nov 23, 2015
Regulators want to cut down on these deals, but this one is full-speed ahead.
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Pfizer and Allergan agree to $160 billion "inversion"

by Kimberly Adams
Nov 23, 2015
The deal would create the largest pharmaceutical company in the world.
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Activist investors help shareholders, right?

by David Brancaccio
Apr 22, 2014
A new study says activist investors generated 48 percent average gain for companies they targeted.
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Botox might help migraines

by Lori Stassi
Sep 12, 2008
Botox eases wrinkles, but can it also ease migraine headaches? Allergan says it can. The company that produces Botox reports that two large tests...
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