This year the pharmaceutical mega-deal has made a long-awaited return, with Pfizer bidding for Wyeth and Merck for Schering-Plough.

随着今年辉瑞收购惠氏以及默克收购先灵葆雅，期待已久的制药行业巨额交易回归了。

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Merck closed the regular hours trading day down 6% and Schering-Plough lost more than 11%.

当天交易日中，默克公司的股价下跌6%而先灵葆雅的股价跌幅超过了11%。

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Schering-Plough closed at $17.63, and, at current values, this is $23.61 for Schering-Plough for a total of $41.1 billion for this deal.

Schering-Plough 收于 17.63 美元，此次交易的总金额为 411 亿美元，按照现值计算，也就是每股 Schering-Plough 股票 23.61 美元。

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On its purchase of Schering Plough, which does have some new drug opportunities, Merck is shuttering several research centers.

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For the project Southampton University teamed up with the Genome Therapeutics Corporation, of Massachusetts and the Schering Plough Corporation.

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To avoid that, Merck structured its takeover of Schering-Plough as a reverse merger, with Schering-Plough technically acquiring Merck, and then renaming the company Merck.

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