Among the largest underlying components of VEA, in trading today Novartis AG ( NYSE: NVS) is down about 0.6%, BP Plc ( NYSE: BP) is up about 1.3%, and Vodafone Group Plc ( NASD: VOD) is lower by about 0.8%.

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For example, the research and development headquarters of Switzerland-based Novartis AG (nyse: NVS - news - people ) is based in Cambridge, Mass.

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Generic drugmakers Geneva Pharmaceuticals, a unit of Novartis AG (nyse: NVS - news - people ), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (nasdaq: TEVA - news - people ) and privately held Ranbaxy Laboratories had all sued to quash the Glaxo patents.

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