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Nature 447, 17 (3 May 2007) | doi:10.1038/447017a; Published online 2 May 2007

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British drug firm AstraZeneca said it would pay a cool US$15.6 billion to acquire MedImmune, a biotechnology company based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, whose main product is a nasal-spray flu vaccine.