The consortium is a who's who of important pharmaceutical names: AstraZeneca azn (nyse: azn - news - people), Bristol-Myers Squibb bmy (nyse: bmy - news - people), Glaxo Wellcome glx (nyse: glx - news - people), Novartis nvs (nyse: nvs - news - people), Pfizer pfe (nyse: pfe - news - people)and SmithKline Beecham sbh (nyse: sbh - news - people).
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