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Novartis has confirmed it will shut down two MorphoSys sites in Germany and the US, with the loss of around 330 jobs, by the end of next year.

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Novo Holdings' $16.5bn takeover of US CDMO Catalent has been completed, after months of debate over potential antitrust issues.

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AbbVie agrees a $200 million-plus takeover deal with Roche spinout Nimble Therapeutics that will add an oral peptide for psoriasis to its pipeline.

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Private equity group Blackstone is reported to be thinking of pulling out of a consortium to buy ophthalmology specialist Bausch + Lomb.

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EU says Novo Holdings’ $16.5 billion takeover of US contract development and manufacturing organisation Catalent does not pose antitrust issues.

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Brookfield has said it is withdrawing from negotiations to take over Grifols, sparking a slump in the Spanish pharma group's shares