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Nature 441, 282 (18 May 2006) | doi:10.1038/441282b; Published online 17 May 2006

Drug giants hamstrung by timid middle management

Raymond A. Firestone1

  1. 59 Barnes Road, Stamford, Connecticut 06902, USA

Your Business story "Too little, too late" (Nature 440, 603; 2006) discusses a merger between Bayer and Schering, implying that the move is needed to make them large enough to succeed. My experience, during 50 years' research in big pharma, is the opposite.

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