By Christopher Morrison and Roger Longman
Pfizer Inc.'s decision to discontinue the development of it's Phase III high-density lipoprotein-boosting torcetrapib in early December leaves the Big...
Best Laid Plans: Pfizer's Torcetrapib Tanks
Pfizer's decision to discontinue the development of it's Phase III high-density lipoprotein-boosting torcetrapib in early December leaves the Big Pharma with little choice but to accelerate its restructuring plans and start spending some of its estimated $34 billion cash reserves to bolster its pipeline.
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