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Quintiles teams with South Korean CRO; BASF sets deadline for Pronova deal;

> Quintiles is partnering with South Korea's BioCore, signing a two-year service deal to use the company's bioanalytical operations. More

> BASF says it will not re-extend its $823 million offer for Pronova beyond the Jan. 18 deadline; shareholders have until then to accept the deal. Article

> Pluristem is in the final stages of completing a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Haifa, Israel. Release

> Icon ($ICLR) has elected former Amarin CEO Thomas Lynch to be its new chairman. News

> Private equity group American Capital is paying $200 million for Cambridge Major Laboratories, a Wisconsin API producer. Item