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Top story AstraZeneca made a $10 billion offer for Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, WSJ reports

A deal at that size would be one of the largest biotech acquisitions of the year and would expand AstraZeneca's metabolic and rare-disease pipeline.

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Novo Nordisk raises full-year outlook again as it accelerates Wegovy pill rollout

The third guidance lift this year signals that oral GLP-1 demand is holding up even as Eli Lilly widens its lead in the weight-loss market.

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Eli Lilly widens GLP-1 lead over Novo Nordisk with nearly double the sales

Lilly's obesity franchise has pulled well ahead of its main rival, intensifying competition as both companies push pill formulations and new indications.

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Pfizer lifts 2026 forecasts as Eliquis and cancer drugs offset falling Covid sales

The raise shows Pfizer's post-pandemic reset is taking hold, with growth from acquired oncology assets and its anticoagulant replacing declining Covid revenue.

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Celltrion says quadruple-action obesity drug beats Lilly's retatrutide in rat study, U.S. trial set for 2027

The preclinical claim, based on animal data only, positions the Korean company as a new entrant in an increasingly crowded next-generation obesity race.

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GRAIL wins FDA panel backing as Galleri trial results strengthen its case

Advisory panel support is a key step toward U.S. approval for the multi-cancer blood test, a product whose commercial future has been closely watched since GRAIL's spinoff.

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Capricor trial investigators write to FDA urging approval of deramiocel; shares rise

Investigator lobbying ahead of a regulatory decision signals unusually high stakes for the Duchenne muscular dystrophy cell therapy.

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Biopharma stocks likely to climb higher after 'blue wave,' analysts say

Analysts argue that most-favored-nation pricing is already priced into the sector, limiting the downside from a Democratic sweep.

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MoonLake's skin-disease drug application reaches FDA; acceptance decision expected by end of November

A filing acceptance would set up a potential approval in an inflammatory skin condition where competition is growing.

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Plan sponsors judge drug plans on cost, not health outcomes, survey finds

The finding highlights how employer purchasing decisions increasingly favor cheaper benefits over clinical value, pressuring drugmakers' pricing strategies.

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Precigen says well over 500 patients have started its treatment for a disease long managed by repeated surgeries

The uptake figure offers early commercial traction data for a gene therapy targeting recurrent respiratory papillomatosis.

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Cancer treatment trial shows 59.1% response rate in selected lung cancer patients

The response rate applies to a biomarker-selected subgroup, a common design in oncology trials that can limit how broadly results generalize.

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