There are also plenty of other ways to develop a company's scientific and selling skills: research agreements, licensing arrangements and marketing alliances between drug companies, biotechnology firms and other bodies are all less traumatic than forcing two different corporate cultures into one bed.

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Instead, I stayed in bed with my eyes closed, forcing myself not to moan.

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