31.  The merger last November of the Swedish and American pharmaceutical groups Pharmacia and Upjohn will be more expensive than expected, the company said on Wednesday.

32.  The pharmaceutical groups Upjohn of the United States and Pharmacia of Sweden are discussing a possible merger, the financial newspaper Finanstidningen reported here Friday.

33.  The merger of the two groups created the ninth-largest pharmaceutical group in the world and one of the five largest in Europe.