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&lt;/script&gt;</html><description>**************************************************************** Brakke Consulting&rsquo;s Animal Health News &amp; Notes for December 17, 1999 Company earnings releases &#xF0FC;&nbsp;4th quarter earnings for Degussa&rsquo;s feed additives&rsquo; division were significantly lower.&nbsp; Degussa reported that, although volumes continued to rise, there was strong downward pressure on prices. &#xF0FC;&nbsp;Dainippon Pharmaceutical Co reported its financial results for the first half of fiscal 1999 ended September 30.&nbsp; Net sales of animal health products increased by 6.7% to &yen;10.6 billion [$101 million] from &yen;9.9 billion in the same period last year. &#xF0FC;&nbsp;Central Garden &amp; Pet Company announced its financial results for the full year ended September 25, 1999.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Full year net sales increased 19% to $1.5 billion from $1.3 billion in fiscal 1998. Central reported net income for fiscal 1999 of $24.5 million compared with $33.7 million in fiscal 1998. Company News Releases &#xF0FC;&nbsp;American Home Products&rsquo; Chairman, President and CEO, John R. Stafford, said that &ldquo;AHP is fully committed to the completion of the merger-of-equals business combination with Warner-Lambert Company that we announced on November 4, 1999. The friendly merger with Warner-Lambert will create enormous near and long-term value for our shareholders. Regardless of rumors reported by the press, I can assure you that we are not and have not been in discussions either formally or informally with Pharmacia &amp; Upjohn regarding an alternative business combination.&rdquo; &#xF0FC;&nbsp;The Wall Street JournalView Full Post;</description></oembed>
