Novartis completes $12 billion acquisition of Avidity Biosciences

The deal was executed via a merger of Novartis’ wholly owned subsidiary, Ajax Acquisition Sub, Inc., into Avidity

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals USA to launch sodium phosphates injection

The product addresses a market with approximately $66.8 million in annual sales as of December 2025.

Lupin’s Vinita Gupta honoured as CNBC Changemaker for revolutionising U.S. healthcare access

Vinita has made expansion in the U.S. a core pillar of Lupin’s worldwide growth strategy

Lupin tops world pharma and all Indian sectors in S&P ESG rankings

Lupin attained a score of 91 out of 100, establishing itself as the leading pharmaceutical company globally

Pfizer and Astellas report groundbreaking results in muscle-invasive bladder cancer trial

Merck’s KEYTRUDA shows significant survival boost in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer

KEYTRUDA had previously met its primary endpoint of progression-free survival in all patients

Thermo Fisher launches genetic test to personalize transplant drug dosing

The TacroType test provides actionable genetic insights to help clinicians understand how individual patients metabolize tacrolimus

Eli Lilly’s orforglipron outshines oral semaglutide in landmark diabetes trial

The results, published in The Lancet, showed orforglipron delivered significantly greater reductions in both A1C and body weight across primary and key secondary endpoints

Combination therapy cuts death Risk in advanced prostate cancer: PEACE-3 trial

PEACE-3 is a strong example of how academic cooperative research can help advance progress for complex diseases such as metastatic prostate cancer

Star Health & Allied Insurance rolls out 32 free primary care clinics across 9 states

The initiative, funded entirely under the company’s CSR programme, is expected to reach over a million lives