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Germany's Merck KGaA agreed to acquire U.K. biotech Silence Therapeutics for about $1.3 billion in cash. The deal adds divesiran, an experimental medicine for polycythemia vera, to Merck's pipeline and is slated to wrap up during the first three months of 2027.
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