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Chemical Market Reporter, January, 2002

ABBOTT Laboratories reported 2001 sales of $16.3 billion, up 18.5 percent year over year, which includes US pharmaceuticals sales of $3.76 billion and international pharmaceuticals sales of $2.52 billion.

ARRAY BIOPHARMA Inc. has signed a series of nonexclusive agreements to provide Pfizer Inc. with chemical compounds from the Array discovery platform. The company also initiated a new drug discovery program with Amgen Inc.

ASTRAZENECA has been granted FDA fast-track designation for Arimidex (anastrozole) for treating post-menopausal women with early breast cancer.

BACHEM Ltd. and Berna Biotech have united to establish Pevion Biotech Ltd., a new company for developing vaccines. The new company, which became operational on January 7, is...

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