Abbott Rebukes CEO Salary Study; Regulus Files for $58M IPO - Aug. 20, 2012

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Monday, August 20, 2012  |   |   |   |  Aptuit is a pharmaceutical services company that delivers early to mid-phase drug development solutions by applying scientific excellence, outstanding service and the industry's best team of people. Please click here for more information.   •  Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Rebukes CEO Salary Study More... •  Regulus Therapeutics, Inc. Files for $58 Million IPO More... •  Cinven Ltd. Buys Mercury Pharma From HgCapital for $732 Million More... •  Sandoz, Inc. Shuts Unit Near Mumbai; 50 Jobs Gone More... •  United Drug to Buy Bilcare for $61 Million More... •  Pharmacyclics, Inc. (PCYC) Gets $50 Million Milestone Payment From Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) More... •  FDA OKs Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation/Eli Lilly and Company (LLY)'s Tradjenta as Add-on to Insulin More... •  Showdown: Novartis AG (NVS) Vs. India for Cancer Pill Patent -- the Case That Could Change Cheap Medicine More... 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