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Novartis Offers High-Grade Debt to Fund $12 billion Avidity Deal

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Novartis AG is nearing a deal to acquire Avidity Biosciences Inc.; terms were not disclosed. The potential acquisition is a material M&A event for the biotech, likely to lift Avidity's shares and signal Novartis's strategic push into the biotech pipeline, with expected sector reaction and possible regulatory/antitrust review.

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Novartis AG is nearing a deal to acquire Avidity Biosciences Inc.; terms were not disclosed. The potential acquisition is a material M&A event for the biotech, likely to lift Avidity's shares and signal Novartis's strategic push into the biotech pipeline, with expected sector reaction and possible regulatory/antitrust review.

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