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We believe Pfizer is more likely to either sell this consumer health business or perhaps create some type of partnership with another consumer health business where synergies could exist.


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SAMUEL BUTLER 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.
SAMUEL BUTLER Independence is essential for permanent but fatal to immediate success.
SAMUEL BUTLER