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> AmerisourceBergen ($ABC) saw its operating earnings fall nearly 10% as it finished up its new strategic long-term relationship with Walgreen and Alliance Boots. Release
> South Africa's Aspen Pharmacare would get a manufacturing plant as part of a deal to buy GlaxoSmithKline's ($GSK) heart drugs Arixtra and Fraxiparine for about $1.1 billion. Story
> Sanofi ($SNY) and Carlyle are both talking to Elder about buying its formulations business. Story
> Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has opened an operation in Singapore for manufacturing oligonucleotides for research companies. Item
And Finally... Italian pharma company Recordati will pay about €37 million to buy a 90% interest in Tunisian drugmaker Opalia Pharma, including its manufacturing operations. Story