Special Edition - InFocus: Life Sciences & Healthcare e-newsletter - April 2007

This special edition of our life sciences and healthcare e-newsletter is published to coincide with our sponsorship of Life Science Alliances World 2007 Conference organised by Terrapinn from 16 to 18 April 2007. In this issue we discuss:

• The OFT report on the Pharmaceutical Pricing Regulatory Scheme
• "Best endeavours" and "reasonable endeavours" - What do they mean?
• The private M&A process in the UK
• The ABPI code of practice one year on

Also in this special edition, we include an article "IP valuation in pharmaceuticals and biotech" by our guest writer, Jo Pisani of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, as well as details of our recent life science deals.

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