FOR weeks, speculation has been rife that Pfizer, the world's biggest pharmaceuticals company, will break itself into pieces, a restructuring move known as the starburst.

数周来，关于全球最大的制药企业辉瑞公司，将会采取星爆式重组的方式进行拆分的猜测不绝于耳。

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Even traditionally defensive industries, such as pharmaceuticals, are suffering: Pfizer plans to lay off up to 8% of its researchers.

即使是比较保守性的行业，如制药业也深受其害：辉瑞公司计划解雇高达总雇员8%的研究员。

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And on December 4th Pfizer, the pharmaceuticals giant, saw its share price plunge after yet another drug failed the testing process (see article).

12月4日，在医药品巨头的另外一种药品未能通过测试程序后，它见证了自己股票价格的大跳水。

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The FDA approved a new pain drug for marketing from Pfizer and Acura Pharmaceuticals.

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Numerous experimental drugs have bombed in trials, including drugs from Synta Pharmaceuticals and Pfizer.

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The drug has been closely watched both by investors in Pfizer and those in Onyx Pharmaceuticals and Bayer, which submitted their own similar medicine, sorafenib, for kidney cancer last month.

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