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Novartis AG will buy a US-based private biotech company, Excellergy, Inc, for $2 billion to expand its allergy portfolio.
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Novartis AG to acquire Exellergy for $2 billion, expand allergy portfolio

Novartis AG will buy a US-based private biotech company, Excellergy, Inc, for $2 billion to expand its allergy portfolio.

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Merck & Co will buy Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage oncology company, for $6.7 billion to pocket an investigational drug to treat a type of blood cancer, according to a statement.
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Merck to buy Terns for $6.7 billion as Keytruda drug patent loss looms

Merck & Co will buy Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage oncology company, for $6.7 billion to pocket an investigational drug to treat a.

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Novo Nordisk A/S and United Laboratories International Holdings Limited (TUL) mid-stage trials, held in China, helped in reducing average blood sugar levels by up to 2.16% in diabetic patients and trimmed weight by almost 10%, according to a statement.
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Novo, United’s trial drug cuts sugar levels by 2.16%, weight loss of 9.8%

HQ Team March 25, 2026: Novo Nordisk A/S and United Laboratories International Holdings Limited (TUL) mid-stage trials, held in China, helped in reducing.

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Pfizer Inc. and France-based Valneva SE's investigational vaccine has shown 70% efficacy in preventing Lyme disease in individuals aged five and above.
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Pfizer, Valneva’s experimental Lyme disease vaccine shows 70% efficacy

HQ Team March 25, 2026: Pfizer Inc. and France-based Valneva SE‘s investigational vaccine has shown 70% efficacy in preventing Lyme disease in individuals.

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Gilead Sciences, Inc., will acquire Ouro Medicines, a privately held biotechnology company focused on developing T cell engager therapies for autoimmune diseases, for $2 billion, according to a statement. 
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Gilead Sciences to acquire US-based Ouro Medicines for up to $2 billion 

Gilead Sciences, Inc., will acquire Ouro Medicines, a privately held biotechnology company focused on developing T cell engager therapies for autoimmune diseases, for.

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Novartis AG has agreed to buy an investigational oral medicine of Pikavation Therapeutics, a subsidiary of privately-held Synnovation Therapeutics, to treat breast cancer, for a deal worth $3 billion.
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Novartis AG to buy experimental oral drug of Pikavation for $3 billion

Novartis AG has agreed to buy an investigational oral medicine of Pikavation Therapeutics, a subsidiary of privately-held Synnovation Therapeutics, to treat breast cancer, for.

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High antibiotic use may have a long-term effect on a person’s gut microbiome, and certain antibiotics can cause changes in the community of bacteria living in the gut for up to eight years, a Swedish study reveals.
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Certain antibiotics cause serious harm to gut microbiome: Swedish researchers

High antibiotic use may have a long-term effect on a person’s gut microbiome, and certain antibiotics can cause changes in the community of.

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A 13,000-year-old ice cave, located in Romania’s northwestern Apuseni mountains of Transylvania, is housing bacteria that are resistant to about 10 modern antibiotics used to treat tuberculosis and urinary tract infections, a study finds.
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5,000-year-old ice cave bacteria may hold promise to fight superbugs

A 13,000-year-old ice cave, located in Romania’s northwestern Apuseni mountains of Transylvania, is housing bacteria that are resistant to about 10 modern antibiotics.

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Eli Lilly and Company will invest one billion dollars to expand its facility in Ireland to increase its production of drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and obesity, according to a company statement.
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Eli Lilly sounds alarm on counterfeit weight-loss drugs mixed with vitamin B12

HQ Staff Writer March 13, 2026: Eli Lily, the pharmaceutical giant, has warned that compounded versions of its blockbuster weight-loss drug tirzepatide, when.

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Junior hospital doctors, who make up about half of the National Health Service (NHS) medical workforce in England, are going on the longest strike in NHS history around Christmas and January after pay talks with the government failed.
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Lowering of criteria for medicine PG challenged in India’s apex court

HQ Team January 16, 2926: In an unprecedented move that has sparked nationwide outrage among medical professionals in India, the National Board of.

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