And Schering looks weak right now, which may not make it exactly the partner of choice.
"We have become the potential partner of choice, " says Stephen Tung, one of Kwok's primary lieutenants on technology matters.
Pfizer's huge sales force will continue to dominate its opponents, and will make it the partner of choice for small biotechs with promising drugs.
We are making all the investments necessary to differentiate ourselves in the market place while positioning ourselves as a partner of choice for our clients.
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"We are making all the investments necessary to differentiate ourselves in the marketplace while positioning ourselves as a partner of choice for our clients, " said Mr. Shibulal in a statement.
"I want Britain to be its partner of choice, helping to build those motorways, helping to provide those universities, helping to invest in healthcare and also encouraging Indian investment back into the UK, " he said.
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The liberals should not, he says, be fussy about their choice of partner, so long as they manage to win a slice of power.
It was its choice of partner that was problematic: Borders.
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If you have made a good genetic choice of partner (ie, someone with a significantly different MHC), then the theory suggests that you should not be able to choose something that smells nice to them based on your own preferences.
"CIE was the obvious choice as a partner, " says Terry Barnes, Ticketmaster's chief executive.
"CIE was the obvious choice as a partner, " says Terry Barnes, Ticketmaster's CEO.
"Perhaps history will bear out that the choice of my partner was my best decision, " said the monarch, who is known affectionately as Queen Bea.
Returning to an abusive partner may appear to be a financially rational choice.
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In fact, says, Lisa Hassanzadeh, Concrete's 37-year-old partner and head of interior design, the choice of Vitra is as much "a business deal" as a design decision.
Genzyme may have complied with disclosure laws, but that doesn't mean it made the right choice, says Jacob Frenkel, a partner at Shulman, Rogers and a former enforcement attorney for the Securities and Exchange Commission.
He became a leader on public-housing reform, voted for gay and lesbian domestic-partner health benefits and executed a complicated straddle on abortion--nominally pro-choice but against federal funding and late-term abortions.
During the Athens metro strike, Democratic Left, the smallest partner in the three-party ruling coalition, described the civil mobilisation order as "an extreme choice".
Her partner - none other than Francois Hollande, the Socialist Party leader - was at that point also a possible choice for the presidential nomination.
"Finding a major retail partner for our North American launch was a critical component to our strategy, and Best Buy was the obvious choice, " said Leap Motion President and COO Andy Miller.
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