Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk must like what it has seen in its two-year-old alliance with gene-silencing specialist Dicerna Pharma – it has just agreed to acquire the biotech for $3.3 bill
Injectable antibodies targeting PCSK9 have failed to take off as expected in the cholesterol-lowering market, but Merck & Co hopes to do much better with an oral alternative.
Moderna is already riding high on the strength of its mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine, but the broader potential of its technology has been shown in a new AstraZeneca-partnered candidate for he