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To maintain profits in the face of rising development costs and slow drug pipelines, big pharmaceutical firms are trying to cut back. Heidi Ledford examines how GlaxoSmithKline has tried to adapt.

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Ledford, H. When there's no room to grow. Nature 454, 144–145 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/454144a

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