Ep. 386 - Novartis misses, pharma deals analysis, MFN carve-outs

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Sep 8, 202635:05Science & Medicine

A pair of high profile clinical setbacks has wiped out more than $40 billion in market cap for Novartis, most of which stemmed from the Phase III miss of antisense oligonucleotide therapy pelacarsen. On the latest BioCen...

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