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...LP Hartley’s novel The Go-Between, which McCartney isn’t sure he had heard of at the time, “may well have influenced” The Beatles’ “She Loves You”, he claims....
...DD would love to hear from LPs with thoughts on the matter. Email due.diligence@ft.com....
...Some members of the Sackler family who owned stakes in OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma withdrew more than $10bn from the company and their generic drug manufacturer Rhodes during the 10-year period that opioids...
...Rhodes, another Sackler-owned company that holds the patent, subsequently said it had no intention of commercialising the intellectual property for profit....
...Rhodes Pharmaceuticals was set up in 2007, four months after Purdue pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges that it had mis-marketed OxyContin over the previous decade....
...According to an FDA database, Rhodes Pharmaceuticals makes a wide range of opioid products containing highly addictive opiates such as morphine, oxycodone and hydromorphone....
...Instead, their chief contribution to the world of pharmaceuticals was their ability to tinker with the formula of medicines to make them more convenient....
...Ms Allen-Yannotti now finds herself at the centre of one of the most contentious and sensitive disputes in the US healthcare sector, which has profound implications for the pharmaceuticals industry....
...The same applies to her criticisms of allegedly strong intellectual protection for pharmaceuticals, which are said to be far weaker than when she was championing the deal....
...The deal is the latest evidence that Fosun, which owns companies in industries ranging from pharmaceuticals and mining to media and holidays, has embarked on a big international expansion....
...Aberdeen Asset Management and Canada Pension Plan have also voiced opposition to the deal, as has the local company Ilsung Pharmaceuticals, which holds 2 per cent....
...Previous US investments include Axalta Coating Systems, (the former DuPont Performance Coatings), Booz Allen Hamilton and Pharmaceutical Product Development....
...(Financial Times) Sweden’s Hakon Invest is acquiring the 60 per cent of shares it doesn’t own in Nordic food retailer ICA AB for 20 billion Swedish kronor ($3.1 billion) from Royal Ahold N.V....
...of AmerisourceBergen, the pharmaceutical company, were appointed with immediate effect, BofA said on Thursday....
...(I) Allen & Heath Allied Filter Systems Alvan Blanch Development Company Americhem Europe AmSafe Bridport (I) Ancon t/a Ancon Building Products (I) Aquapac International Ardent Ashtree Glass ATB...
...Sir Paul has given £5m to the V&A and £3m to the British Museum’s new medieval gallery....
...This wave of refinancings and several large disposals to cash-rich strategic buyers – such as the $13.7bn sale of Swiss pharmaceutical group Nycomed to Japanese rival Takeda – funnelled back a lot of money...
...Its European portfolio includes Nycomed, the Swiss-based pharmaceutical group, as well as Hansa Hydrocarbons and Celtique, two UK-based oil and gas exploration companies....
...Related links: Insider trading scandal – FT in-depth archive of stories on Galleon Stanford scandal – FT in-depth archive of stories on Allen Stanford...
...That photograph of Elvis in ecstasy was taken by William V....
...Gary Rhodes will be cooking for the occasion at his Rhodes Twenty Four restaurant in London....
...Nordic Capital Fund V last week said it had agreed to acquire a controlling equity stake in Nycomed, marking its return to the company it owned from 1999 to 2002....
...Riat Chairman The Bremic Hotel V....
...Shuman, Managing Director, Allen Co. Russell Simmons, Chairman, President and CEO, Rush Communications James Sinegal, President and CEO, Costco Wholesale David B....
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