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...But a stake in compatriot Roche, worth about $14bn, looks vestigial now that a full-blown merger of the two is off the table....
...At that level, Alibaba was just $2bn short of the list of the world’s 10 most valuable companies, within reach of Swiss pharmaceutical groups Roche and Novartis....
...On the other hand, Severin Schwan, chief executive of Swiss pharmaceuticals group Roche, responded with a flat “No” to the question of whether any book had inspired him....
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