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> Merck ($MRK), has begun its tender offer for outstanding shares of Idenix ($IDIX), which it is buying for $3.85 billion to boost its portfolio of hepatitis C drugs. Story

> Teva Pharmaceutical Industries ($TEVA) says it has settled patent litigation with Perrigo Pharmaceutical ($PRGO) and Catalent Pharma Solutions, allowing them to sell limited amounts of Perrigo's generic of Teva's ProAir HFA albuterol sulfate inhaler product from Dec. 19, 2016 to June 2018, when the limits will no longer apply. Release

> Peter George, CEO of specialty pharma company Clinigen Group, was named Executive of the Year Award at the 2014 European Mediscience Awards. Release

> The FDA says it is now using some cloud computing so that it can work with big data files. Blog

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> Medtronic's tax inversion scheme won't be all fun and games, experts say. More

> Danaher is a big question mark looming amid med tech M&A frenzy. Story

> Med tech outfits head to market with newly planned IPOs. Article

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> Kite Pharma rides the CAR-T current to a $128M IPO. Story

> AbbVie and Shire square off over a spurned $46B buyout offer. More

> After three strikes, Sanofi gives up on Merrimack's cancer drug. News

And Finally... The FDA has outlined the measures required to use marijuana in clinical trials. More