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Novartis successfully completes acquisition of Avidity Biosciences, strengthening late-stage neuroscience pipeline and advancing xRNA strategy
Adds Avidity’s differentiated muscle-directed Antibody Oligonucleotide Conjugates (AOC) platform and three late-stage programs to industry-leading neuromuscular pipelinePotentially unlocks multi-billion-dollar opportunities with planned product launches before 2030Strengthens late-stage pipeline to further support 2025-2030 net sales CAGR of 5-6% cc and mid to long term growth outlook Basel, February 27, 2026 -- Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS) today announced that it has successfully completed its acqui
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