Merck KGaA to buy Silence Therapeutics and its siRNA pipeline for $1.3B
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Germany's Merck KGaA agreed to buy UK drug developer Silence Therapeutics for $1.3 billion, building out its work in rare and specialty diseases using genetic medicines.
Silence is developing the siRNA drug divesiran, which is ...
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