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Glaxo Sells R & D Facility In Italy To Aptuit

London-based drug maker hasn't revealed financial terms for the deal but said some 500 staff at the facility in Verona will be transferred from Glaxo to Aptuit.

LONDON (AP) -- GlaxoSmithKline PLC says it has finalized a deal to sell its research operations in Italy to Aptuit Inc.

Glaxo hasn't revealed financial terms for the deal disclosed on Thursday. Some 500 staff at a facility in Verona will be transferred from Glaxo to Aptuit.

The London-based drug maker will also continue to receive research & development services from Aptuit.

Glaxo had announced in February that it planned to stop discovery research in select neurosciences areas such as pain and depression -- impacting on research at the Italian facility.

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