On the other hand, Sharon refused to allow the IDF to launch a parallel operation in Gaza, despite repeated entreaties by the army and residents of the South.

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Kindler showed his penchant for creative thinking by also hiring biologist Corey Goodman, the founder of biotechs Exelixis and Renovis, to start what is essentially a parallel research operation in San Francisco.

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Adding Biogen Idec would graft labs in California and Massachusetts to this just-created construct, or else shift them into a parallel research and development operation Pfizer is just starting to build from close to scratch out of San Francisco.

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