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Novartis to Acquire Avidity Biosciences for ~$12B, Boosting its Neuroscience Pipeline

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…

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Know Your Investor: Janus Henderson Group Plc (April’25 Edition)

Know Your Investor: Janus Henderson Group Plc (April’25 Edition)

Shots:   Welcome to the 2025 series of Know Your Investor, featuring top venture capital firms focused on healthcare. This edition highlights Janus Henderson Group Plc, a global investment firm managing approximately $378.7B in assets across Equities, Fixed Income, Multi-Asset, and Alternatives. In 2024, the firm invested $5.36B across six funding rounds, adding 39 healthcare and…

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RNAi Therapeutic Top 20 2022

Top 20 RNAi Therapeutic Companies Based on 2022 R&D Expenditure

Shots:RNAi Therapeutic leverages the biological response of degrading (mRNA) before it gets translated into a protein. By using short double-stranded RNA in silencing a targeted disease-causing mutation, researchers are working steadfastly in multiple indications to expand RNAi therapeuticRNAi therapy comes to the rescue when targeting a specific protein gets difficult using a conventional…

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