Carrie Cox: We are delighted that as new therapies are being developed for Hepatitis C treatment, PEGINTRON combination therapy will continue to be the backbone of therapy, and it will be background therapy in the addition of any new regimens that come to market. The patent situation for PEGINTRON in the US is expected to have extended exclusivity until 2018 to 2020.
Catherine Arnold (Credit Suisse): How soon after the Organon deal closure, are you going to come out on topics like Sugammadex and Organon''s pipeline?
Fred Hassan: We will use an initial opportunity to share with you the financial reporting aspects of the transaction, and there is complexity with all the changes that have occurred in recent years.
We will share with you the assessment that we will have of the R&D portfolio, as well as the marketed product portfolio and what we plan to do.
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