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Merck & Co to Cut Jobs at Newly Acquired Cubist

10.03.2015 - US drugmaker Merck & Co, the new parent company of Cubist Pharmaceuticals, has informed employees of plans to eliminate the company's 120-employee drug discovery department. The...

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Merck & Co Still Plans to buy Cubist, Despite Patent Setback

11.12.2014 - Merck & Co has said it will proceed with its planned $8.4 billion acquisition of Cubist Pharmaceuticals in the first quarter of 2015 and still expects the deal to boost its long...

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Optimer Shares Rise After Report Names Glaxo, Cubist as Potential Buyers

03.04.2013 - Shares of Optimer Pharmaceuticals rose as much as 24% after a Bloomberg report said GlaxoSmithKline and Cubist Pharmaceuticals were among those interested in buying the antibiotic...

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Antibiotics Crisis Prompts Rethink on Risks, Rewards

18.03.2013 - Thirty years ago, when the world faced the terrifying prospect of an untreatable disease known as AIDS, big drugmakers scented an opportunity and raced to develop new medicines...

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Human Stool Treatment Upends Race to Treat Colon Germ

30.11.2012 - Drugmakers racing to develop medicines and vaccines to combat a germ that ravages the gut and kills thousands have a new challenger: the human stool. For patients hit hardest by...