We have looked at the IMS Health situation, whose share price dropped more than 18% on Friday 11-Dec-09 before recovering to an end of day price drop of 6%. The price dynamics were attributed to the amendment proposal to the Senate healthcare reform bill from 2 US senators, which effectively would limit the ability of drug companies like IMS Health to capture and use physician prescribing data.  We believe that at the current $20 share price, the share is still oversold, and remain confident that the the deal at $22 will eventually go through in 1Q10.

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