Merck

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Merck to buy Schering-Plough for $41.1 billion

NEW YORK (Reuters)
Merck & Co Inc said
it would acquire Schering-Plough Corp for $41.1 billion,
uniting the makers of cholesterol drugs Zetia and Vytorin
in the second megadeal for big pharma in weeks.


●Zetia : (商品名)ゼチーア、(一般名)エゼチミブ ezetimibe
●Vytorin : エゼチミブ+シンバスタチン


reference

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE52825C20090309
http://www.nikkei.co.jp/news/main/20090310AT2M0903709032009.html