BioCentury This Week
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Ep. 329 - Novartis' $12B Avidity Buy. Plus: Base Editors
31 minutes Posted Oct 28, 2025 at 2:00 am.
Sponsor Message: Evotec
12th China Healthcare Summit
Novartis' $12B Deal
Alkermes M&A
David Liu Base Editing
Parabilis' Data
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Novartis’ biggest deal in more than a decade gives the Swiss pharma three programs for muscular dystrophies that are close to the finish line. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts discuss the $12 billion deal for Avidity in the context of Novartis’ recent acquisitions and the antibody-oligonucleotide conjugate platform it is gaining. The team dives into RNA versus DNA modalities, noting antisense and siRNA approaches appear to be gaining traction with major pharma...