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Another merger for Japanese pharmas.

Publication: M2 Presswire
Publication Date: 30-NOV-04
Format: Online
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M2 PRESSWIRE-30 November 2004-DATAMONITOR: Another merger for Japanese pharmas(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

RDATE:11302004

London - Dainippon Pharmaceutical and Sumitomo Pharmaceutical announced on Thursday that they are to merge on 1 October 2005. But will the new company be to...

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...able strengthen Dainippon and Sumitomo`s position in Japan enough to survive the increasing competitive pressures from Western pharmas?

Under the terms of the basic agreement announced, the new company will become a consolidated subsidiary of Sumitomo Pharmaceutical`s parent company Sumitomo Chemical. Sumitomo Chemical currently owns a 77.8% stakehold in Sumitomo Pharmaceutical, and in the new company it will acquire a 50.1% stakehold, providing the merged company with the advantage of a strong parent company.

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