Pfizer Inc. Exec Claims AstraZeneca PLC Deal Will Not Put Lives At Risk

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Pfizer said it would ringfence the development of important drugs if it acquired AstraZeneca, rejecting a charge from the British company that a takeover would disrupt important research and put lives at risk. “As we put these companies together, we will continue with our pipeline, AZ will continue with theirs,” Pfizer’s Chief Executive Ian Read told lawmakers on a second day of questioning about what could be the biggest ever UK corporate deal. “We would ringfence any important products and they would continue to be developed.

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