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Allergan's Assets Could Diversify Pfizer's Neurology Portfolio

 
• By Mandy Jackson

If Pfizer Inc. were to buy Allergan plc – or vice versa – the merged companies would have a large and actually quite diverse portfolio of drugs for central nervous system (CNS) diseases and conditions.

If Pfizer Inc. were to buy Allergan plc – or vice versa – the merged companies would have a large and actually quite diverse portfolio of drugs for central nervous system (CNS) diseases and conditions.

Both pharmaceutical firms disclosed in late October that they're in friendly negotiations about a transaction between the companies, though Allergan...

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