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Thursday May 17 | The Jersey Journal

Lobbying group for pharma companies says U.S. risks losing research jobs to other countries

Other countries are aggressively wooing researchers and the resources of major U.S. pharmaceutical companies, according to the industry's leading trade group.

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Tue May 08, 2012

Federal Trade Commission

FTC Joins Department of Justice and Consumer Financial Protection...

The Federal Trade Commission has joined the Department of Justice and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in filing a memorandum brief in support of the constitutionality of the Fair Credit Reporting Act , the 1970 law that is designed to protect the privacy of credit report information and ensure that the information supplied by consumer ... (more)

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Thu Apr 26, 2012

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Carlyle's $3.8-bn NBTY deal is year's largest LBO

The proposed acquisition of NBTY by Carlyle is the biggest leveraged buyouts since TPG Capital and Canada Pension Fund bought IMS Health Inc.

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Buy out firms TPG, CPP to acquire IMS Health for $5.2 billion

Health care market research and consulting company IMS Health yesterday agreed to sell itself to private equity firms TPG Capital and the CPP Investment Board in a transaction valued at $5.2 billion, including debt.

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Tue Apr 24, 2012

Freshnews

IMS Health Expands Services in Pharma R&DA With Acquisition of DecisionView

DANBURY, Conn. -- -- IMS Health has acquired DecisionView, a San Francisco-based software solutions company that helps life sciences organizations plan and track patient enrollment for clinical trials around the world.

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