Monsanto and American Home Products Merger

In the largest deal ever in the pharmaceutical industry, the American Home Products Corporation announced this week that it would acquire the Monsanto company for $34.4 billion. The combined company will be the nation’s top seller of prescription drugs. Its brands include such household names as Advil painkillers, Centrum vitamins and Nutrasweet.


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