Pharma News: Merck, Pfizer, Lundbeck & Metsera Updates

by Archynetys Health Desk

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Morning! If you’re still wondering “What the heck happened with Moderna?” the latest episode of the video series STATus Report spells it out quite nicely. Also, a KFF poll shows 1 in 8 Americans have used a GLP-1 by now, Kura wins FDA approval for its AML drug, and more.

The need-to-know this morning

Pharma can’t stop buying biotechs

The deals keeps coming. Merck this morning said it will acquire Cidara Therapeutics, the maker of an experimental flu therapy, for $9.2 billion, as the pharma giants widens its pipeline to counter the impending revenue hit as its mega-blockbuster Keytruda loses patent protection.

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