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Novartis to Buy Chinese Vaccine Maker

The Swiss drug maker's planned purchase of an 85% stake in Tianyaun underscores big pharma's growing interest in a corner of healthcare—emerging-market inoculations— that previously offered little prospect of profit. ...full story at WSJ

from WSJ on Wed, Nov 04 2009

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