JP Morgan goes solo with $8.5bn Merck loan

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JP Morgan goes solo with $8.5bn Merck loan

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JP Morgan has underwritten $8.5bn of loans to back US pharmaceutical group Merck’s $41.1bn takeover of Schering-Plough, a local rival. The facility is further evidence that banks are becoming more willing to provide corporate borrowers large amounts of new debt.

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