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  • Amgen and Watson Pharmaceuticals to develop and market biosimilars, which are generally described as lower-cost versions of expensive biologics, is being seen as a win-win for both drugmakers.

    Forbes.com: News Ed Silverman 2011

  • ACOs in high-cost areas especially will have much greater opportunities for cost savings than in lower-cost PGP areas like Billings, Mont., and Minneapolis.

    Can Accountable-Care Organizations Improve Health Care While Reducing Costs? Anna Wilde Mathews 2012

  • Analysts at metals consultancy GFMS, a unit of Thomson Reuters Corp., said this was the result of higher gold prices, which drove retail investors into lower-cost silver, while larger investors moved into the gold-bar market.

    Gold's Fall Draws Coin Fans Rhiannon Hoyle 2012

  • And those that are paid are demanding higher wages, driving businesses to lower-cost Asian countries.

    Supremacy of Chinese Is No Sure Thing Irwin Stelzer 2011

  • But as lower-cost competitors entered the world economy, a weak education system and inefficient allocation of capital started to act as constraints on growth.

    China's Lessons From Mexico and Japan Tom Orlik 2011

  • Consol Energy, whose underground mines tend to be more automated and lower-cost than many competitors, is maintaining its 2012 production guidance of between 59.5 million tons and 61.5 million tons.

    Coal Industry Losing Steam Kris Maher 2012

  • Since a lot of the cost of a book is the physical medium on which it's delivered, there's clearly a lot of room for cost savings in the publishing pipeline by switching to lower-cost digital media.

    Archive 2010-01-01 2010

  • The device follows T-Mobile USA's introduction of the lower-cost Lumia 710 last year and bolsters AT&T's 4G LTE network device portfolio.

    AT&T Debuts New Nokia Windows Phone Greg Bensinger 2012

  • Since a lot of the cost of a book is the physical medium on which it's delivered, there's clearly a lot of room for cost savings in the publishing pipeline by switching to lower-cost digital media.

    iPad, therefore i...Read? 2010

  • Mr. Sarkozy's government has said that cutting payroll taxes would act as a powerful tool to protect French jobs, which are increasingly being relocated to lower-cost countries.

    Sarkozy Airs New Measures William Horobin 2012

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