When economic recovery takes hold, nationalized banks will gradually bedivested -- and the track record of the Asian Crisis countries on privatization is good.
Shal has voluntarily divested himself entirely of all personal investments in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries that could be perceived as a conflict of interest.
The sale or spinoff would be just one of several by drugmakers: Pfizer spun off its veterinary products business, and Abbott Laboratories divested its drugs unit.