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Pimjetmi shrank tumours in 56% of TGCT patients. Can Merck KGaA break through an increasingly crowded rare-tumour market?

FDA approves Pimjetmi after a 56% response rate in Phase 3 TGCT testing, giving Merck KGaA a new once-daily rare-tumour treatment.

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Immunome’s varegacestat cut progression risk by 84%, but can it challenge an already approved European desmoid tumour treatment?

Immunome's varegacestat enters EMA review after strong RINGSIDE results, but safety, competition and approval remain key uncertainties.

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Merck is paying a 130% premium for Silence Therapeutics. Is divesiran the main prize?

Merck KGaA has agreed to acquire Silence Therapeutics for approximately $1.3 billion in equity value, offering $20 per ADS. The transaction centers on divesiran, an RNA interference therapy that achieved an 88% response rate in Phase 2 polycythemia vera testing.

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Amphista Therapeutics begins first human trial of AMX-883 BRD9 degrader in acute myeloid leukemia

Amphista begins its 54-patient AMX-883 Phase 1 trial in AML and high-risk MDS. Examine the novel BRD9 mechanism, safety tests and next milestones.

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Merck KGaA’s $11.3bn Bio-Techne deal clears shareholder vote as life-science tools consolidation advances

Bio-Techne shareholders have approved Merck KGaA’s $11.3 billion cash acquisition, clearing a major hurdle in a transaction designed to expand the German group across multi-omics, spatial biology, precision diagnostics and cell therapy workflows.

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Merck KGaA just made a quiet digital-health move. Could hybrid drugs be pharma’s next big reset?

Digital therapeutics struggled alone. Remepy and Merck KGaA are testing whether software works better when built into the drug itself.

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FDA accepts pimicotinib NDA for TGCT: What this signals for rare tumor drug development and the CSF-1R inhibitor class

Find out how Abbisko’s TGCT drug pimicotinib just crossed a major milestone with the FDA—and what this means for patients and the CSF-1R class.

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