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1. Retraction of high-profile paper on cancer drug timing could hand ammo to China hawks
2. Merck KGaA makes largest deal in a decade in $11.3B buy for Bio-Techne
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4. How GSK's new CEO lined up a major buyout to start his time at the top
5. Remix to take Nasdaq spot of Passage Bio in reverse merger for mRNA degrader
6. Ionis wins FDA label expansion for potential blockbuster triglycerides indication
7. FDA backs Gilead’s Trodelvy for first-line, triple-negative breast cancer
8. Autoimmune disease company Oblenio Bio clinches $62M led by Pfizer Ventures
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