Brussels, 20/03/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commissioner for competition, Mario Monti should decide on Tuesday to initiate an in-depth investigation into the merger of the agri-chemicals activities of the Swiss group Novartis and the Anglo-Swedish group AstraZeneca, his spokesperson confirmed. The two groups announced their merger (an operation worth $15 billion) in December within Synget, that will become the world's number one in agri-chemicals.
Novartis and AstraZeneca did not...