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      <title>Regeneron enters radiopharma space via Telix deal </title>
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        <![CDATA[Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. is entering the radiopharmaceutical space via a collaboration with Telix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. to jointly develop and commercialize next-generation radiopharmaceutical therapies.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Everest to acquire Singapore unit of Hasten Bio in $250M deal</title>
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        <![CDATA[Everest Medicines Ltd. has agreed to acquire a Singapore-based commercial unit of Hasten Biopharmaceuticals (Asia) Ltd. for $150 million up front, gaining market authorization holder rights to 14 marketed products originally developed by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Biopharma deal value gains 17% in early 2026</title>
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        <![CDATA[Biopharma deal value totaled $18.05 billion in March 2026, a pullback from $30.01 billion recorded in February and $31.16 billion in January, but broadly in line with prior years. The March total exceeds March 2024 ($8.5 billion) and is comparable to March 2023 ($19.68 billion) and 2022 ($15.35 billion). For the first quarter (Q1) 2026, deal value increased 17% year over year to $79.22 billion, up from $67.6 billion in Q1 2025.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Avanos Medical to go private in $1.27B acquisition by AIP</title>
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        <![CDATA[Avanos Medical Inc. has agreed to be acquired by affiliates of American Industrial Partners (AIP) &nbsp;in an all-cash deal valuing the company at approximately $1.272 billion. Under the terms of the definitive agreement, Avanos stockholders will receive $25 per share in cash for each share of common stock they hold.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Abbvie nabs two Nav1.8 pain projects from Haisco in $745M deal </title>
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        <![CDATA[Abbvie Inc. is buying exclusive rights to develop, manufacture and commercialize two Nav1.8 inhibitors for pain – HSK-55718 and HSK-51155 – from Haisco Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. for $30 million up front and up to $715 million in milestone payments, plus royalties.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Kazia Therapeutics licenses SETDB1 platform from QIMR Berghofer</title>
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        <![CDATA[Kazia Therapeutics Ltd. has licensed a first-in-class SETDB1-targeted epigenetic drug development platform from QIMR Berghofer. The company acquired global rights to the SETDB1 platform, including the lead candidate MSETC, in exchange for an up-front payment and a tiered revenue-sharing structure aligned with development progress.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730347</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Stryker agrees to buy Amplitude Vascular Systems for IVL tech</title>
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        <![CDATA[Stryker Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Amplitude Vascular Systems Inc. (AVS) in a bid to strengthen its Peripheral Vascular portfolio, by adding a revascularization technology.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730284</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title> Biopharma deal value gains 17% in early 2026</title>
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        <![CDATA[Biopharma deal value totaled $18.05 billion in March 2026, a pullback from $30.01 billion recorded in February and $31.16 billion in January, but broadly in line with prior years. The March total exceeds March 2024 ($8.5 billion) and is comparable to March 2023 ($19.68 billion) and 2022 ($15.35 billion). For the first quarter (Q1) 2026, deal value increased 17% year over year to $79.22 billion, up from $67.6 billion in Q1 2025.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Regeneron enters radiopharma space via Telix deal </title>
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        <![CDATA[Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. is entering the radiopharmaceutical space via a collaboration with Telix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. to jointly develop and commercialize next-generation radiopharmaceutical therapies.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730282</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Revenio speeds up growth acquiring Visionix for €290M</title>
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        <![CDATA[Revenio Group Oyj has agreed to acquire ophthalmic diagnostics company Visionix International SAS for an enterprise value of €290 million (US$339 million) as it looks to become a leading player in the global eye care market. The deal expands Revenio’s offering with a highly complementary product and software portfolio, including optical coherence tomography equipment, an important and growing segment which is new to the company.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730279</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Abbvie licenses ex-China rights to Haisco pain compounds</title>
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        <![CDATA[Haisco Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Abbvie Inc., granting Abbvie the exclusive rights to develop, manufacture and commercialize novel medicines for the treatment of pain globally, excluding mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730326</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Everest to acquire Singapore unit of Hasten Bio in $250M deal</title>
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        <![CDATA[Everest Medicines Ltd. has agreed to acquire a Singapore-based commercial unit of Hasten Biopharmaceuticals (Asia) Ltd. for $150 million up front, gaining market authorization holder rights to 14 marketed products originally developed by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730212</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/730212-everest-to-acquire-singapore-unit-of-hasten-bio-in-250m-deal</link>
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      <title>C4 yourself: $1B second Roche deal evidence of DAC faith</title>
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        <![CDATA[C4 Therapeutics Inc.’s degrader-antibody conjugate (DAC) strategy gathered more steam with a new collaboration between the firm and Roche AG that brings $20 million up front with the potential for more than $1 billion in discovery, regulatory and commercial milestone payments.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730207</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/730207-c4-yourself-1b-second-roche-deal-evidence-of-dac-faith</link>
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      <title>Gilead buying Tubulis and its ADCs in $5B takeover bid</title>
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        <![CDATA[German company Tubulis GmbH, which emerged with a $12.3 million series A round and a next-generation antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) platform about six years ago, has commanded up to $5 billion in a buyout offer from Gilead Sciences Inc.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730133</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/730133-gilead-buying-tubulis-and-its-adcs-in-5b-takeover-bid</link>
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      <title>Vykat caveat: Neurocrine’s $2.9B Soleno bid low-ball? </title>
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        <![CDATA[A proposal to buy out Soleno Therapeutics Inc. didn’t wait for European approval of Vykat XR (diazoxide choline) to treat hyperphagia in Prader-Willi syndrome, as Neurocrine Biosciences Inc. is putting on the table $53 per share in cash, which equates to an equity value of $2.9 billion.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730115</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/730115-vykat-caveat-neurocrines-29b-soleno-bid-low-ball</link>
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      <title>Blockbuster deals push med-tech M&amp;A above $40B in Q1 2026</title>
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        <![CDATA[Med-tech deal value, excluding M&As, totaled $628.41 million in the first quarter (Q1) of 2026, an increase of about 322% from the $149.08 million recorded in Q1 2025 though a 36% drop from Q4 2025‘s $978.58 million. ]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730075</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/730075-blockbuster-deals-push-med-tech-m-and-a-above-40b-in-q1-2026</link>
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      <title>Korsana boosts Alzheimer’s work with reverse merger, $380M financing</title>
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        <![CDATA[Just over a month after emerging from stealth and disclosing a $150 million series A, Korsana Biosciences Inc. is making the leap to the public market via a merger with Cyclerion Therapeutics Inc. &nbsp;The agreement, which is backed by a $370 million private placement from Korsana’s investors, solidly positions the newly merged company as it heads toward the clinic with KRSA-028, a next-generation shuttled antibody targeting amyloid beta for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, and builds out a pipeline of neurodegenerative disease candidates.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730126</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/730126-korsana-boosts-alzheimers-work-with-reverse-merger-380m-financing</link>
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      <title>Korsana boosts Alzheimer’s work with reverse merger, $380M financing</title>
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        <![CDATA[Just over a month after emerging from stealth and disclosing a $150 million series A, Korsana Biosciences Inc. is making the leap to the public market via a merger with Cyclerion Therapeutics Inc. &nbsp;The agreement, which is backed by a $370 million private placement from Korsana’s investors, solidly positions the newly merged company as it heads toward the clinic with KRSA-028, a next-generation shuttled antibody targeting amyloid beta for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, and builds out a pipeline of neurodegenerative disease candidates.]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Lilly taps Insilico AI in $2.75B deal to expand pipeline options</title>
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        <![CDATA[Eli Lilly and Co. is deepening its investment in artificial intelligence-driven drug discovery through a multibillion-dollar expansion of its collaboration with Hong-Kong listed Insilico Medicine Inc. in a move that could broaden its reach into next-generation metabolic therapies. Under the deal terms, Insilico is eligible to receive $115 million up front, plus development, regulatory, and commercial milestone payments worth $2.75 billion, in addition to sales-based royalties. In exchange, Lilly gains exclusive global rights to develop and commercialize multiple candidates generated using Insilico’s AI platform, including preclinical oral therapies.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730091</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/730091-lilly-taps-insilico-ai-in-275b-deal-to-expand-pipeline-options</link>
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      <title>Otsuka to acquire PTSD drugmaker Transcend in $1.2B deal </title>
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        <![CDATA[Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. is taking a neuroplastogen approach to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) through its planned $1.22 billion acquisition of Transcend Therapeutics Inc. The deal gives Tokyo-headquartered Otsuka access to Transcend’s lead asset, TSND-201, an oral neuroplastogen that has begun patient recruitment for a phase III study in the U.S.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730090</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/730090-otsuka-to-acquire-ptsd-drugmaker-transcend-in-12b-deal</link>
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      <title>Galapagos enters new era as Lakefront after reshaping Gilead alliance</title>
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        <![CDATA[Galapagos NV is about to bury its recent turbulent past and sail off for the future with its $3 billion cash pile and the new name of Lakefront Biotherapeutics NV. The foundation for the transition was laid earlier this month in an arrangement with Gilead Sciences Inc., holder of 25% of Galapagos’ equity, to “co-parent” the assets of Ouro Medicines LLC, which Gilead is acquiring for up to $2.17 billion.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/729964</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/729964-galapagos-enters-new-era-as-lakefront-after-reshaping-gilead-alliance</link>
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      <title>Highly complementary Biogen pays $5.6B; who’s jealous of Apellis? </title>
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        <![CDATA[Biogen Inc. hardly blinked at the competition faced by Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc. as the two companies sealed a deal whereby the former has agreed to acquire all outstanding shares of the latter for $41 each, or about $5.6 billion.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/729963</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/729963-highly-complementary-biogen-pays-56b-whos-jealous-of-apellis</link>
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      <title>Lilly shifts from obesity to narcolepsy with $7.8B Centessa buy</title>
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        <![CDATA[Eli Lilly and Co. plans to buy Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc for $6.3 billion in up-front cash and another potential $1.5 billion through contingent value rights, gaining access to a pipeline of orexin receptor 2 agonists for sleep disorders. The Indianapolis-based pharma is re-entering a field that has multibillion-dollar potential and one that could emulate the success seen with its obesity program. Centessa, of Boston and London, has a lead candidate, cleminorexton (formerly ORX-750), with positive phase IIa data in narcolepsy types 1 and 2 and idiopathic hypersomnia.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/729962</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/729962-lilly-shifts-from-obesity-to-narcolepsy-with-78b-centessa-buy</link>
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      <title>Otsuka to acquire PTSD drugmaker Transcend in $1.2B deal </title>
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        <![CDATA[Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. is taking a neuroplastogen approach to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) through its planned $1.22 billion acquisition of Transcend Therapeutics Inc. The deal gives Tokyo-headquartered Otsuka access to Transcend’s lead asset, TSND-201, an oral neuroplastogen that has begun patient recruitment for a phase III study in the U.S.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/729952</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Just five months after raising a $70 million series A round, newly launched Excellergy Inc. agreed to a $2 billion M&A transaction that would bring its trifunctional allergic effector cell response inhibitors (ECRIs) to Novartis AG.]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Only a few months after reporting what it called “unprecedented” phase I data for its BCR-ABL1 tyrosine kinase inhibitor in chronic myeloid leukemia, Terns Pharmaceuticals Inc. agreed to an acquisition by Merck & Co. Inc. valued at about $6.7 billion. For Terns, the deal validates the decision last year to switch focus from its metabolic pipeline to oncology and, for Merck, it’s the latest move as the big pharma looks to shore up its offerings ahead of patent expirations for cancer blockbuster drug Keytruda (pembrolizumab).]]>
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        <![CDATA[U.S. lawmakers and industry experts are raising alarm over China’s expanding dominance across the pharmaceutical supply chain, warning that reliance on Chinese inputs poses a growing national security and public health risk.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Gilead Sciences Inc. said after U.S. market close March 23 that it will acquire privately held Ouro Medicines LLC and its autoimmune BCMA/CD3 bispecific T-cell engager, gamgertamig, in a deal valued at $2.17 billion.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/729829-gilead-pens-dual-purpose-2b-ouro-m-and-a-deal-with-galapagos</link>
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        <![CDATA[At BioEurope Spring 2026, pharma representatives and investors shared their thoughts about current and future landscapes of different disease areas, and on how to move toward success – both at the level of individual companies and for indications as a whole.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/729826</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/729826-with-improved-technologies-biomarkers-failed-drugs-may-come-into-their-own</link>
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