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Published online 27 January 2009 | 457, 520-521 (2009) | doi:10.1038/457520a

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Pfizer to buy Wyeth in $68-billion deal

Drug giant chases stake in biologics.

One of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies is set to get even larger. Pfizer announced on 26 January that it intends to acquire Wyeth, a company with a strong reputation in biologics and vaccines.

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