Let's Hear It for the Gloom and Doom Department

Jan 29, 2009

The drama continues over Pfizer's deal for Wyeth. This Review & Outlook opinion piece from the Wall Street Journal doesn't mince words about the situation, starting off with this: "Emergency is too strong a word for Pfizer's $68 billion agreement to buy Wyeth, but not by much. The deal shows the afflictions that beset the larger American pharmaceutical industry, which ought to concern anyone who cares about U.S.

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