Goldman Sachs recently hosted the "Healthcare CEOs Unscripted" conference, and our health care analyst Max Macaluso was particularly interested in the interview with Merck's (MRK 1.24%) CEO, Kenneth Frazier. Max discusses the three takeaways he thought were most important from the talk -- including Merck's business strategy compared to the high profile spinouts recently engineered by Abbott (ABT 0.04%) and Pfizer (PFE -0.54%) -- and also offers his 2013 outlook for Merck.
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Does This Pharma Have Spinout Envy?
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While other big pharmas are spinning out businesses, Merck stays on course.
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