- Merck KGaA to acquire Silence Therapeutics for $1.3 billion, adding Phase-2 RNAi drug for polycythemia veraMerck KGaA announced it will purchase UK‑based Silence Therapeutics for about $1.3 billion, paying $20 in cash per share, representing a 130 % premium. The deal gives Merck control of an RNA‑inter…
- Disc Medicine reports positive Phase 3 results for bitopertin in erythropoietic porphyriaDisc Medicine announced that its experimental therapy bitopertin achieved its primary and secondary goals in a Phase 3 trial for erythropoietic porphyria, a rare condition that makes patients extre…