Shots:Novartis has agreed to acquire Avidity Biosciences, strengthening its neuroscience pipeline with Avidity’s Antibody Oligonucleotide Conjugates (AOCs) platform & 3 late-stage programsAs per the deal, Novartis will acquire Avidity for $72/share, valuing the company at ~$12B with an enterprise value of ~$11B; closing expected in H1’26Before the merger, Avidity will transfer its early-stage precision…
