Saturday, February 13, 2010

Former Schering CEO sees more Pharmaceutical consolidation

Fred Hassan sees more consolidation in the Pharma sector.
You can see the interview here.
He claims that further consolidation is imminent because of two major factors:

1] New "Innovation Investments" require larger pools of resources. Hassan feels larger companies are better able to find drugs for complex diseases like Alzheimer's etc.

2] Smaller companies are running into cash-flow problems....and other than being acquired...these smaller companies have limited options with regards to sources of additional capital.

It is a short interview...but Hassan offers an interesting perspective in the clip.

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