Merck's Heart Failure Failure

Matthew Herper, Forbes
Fri, 06/05/2009 - 12:00pm

One of the drug industry's most renowned names is having a lot of trouble landing new drugs.

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Topics: drugs drugs industry heart failure merck & co.

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