Merck Acquires Curon’s Bispecific Antibody in $1.3B Deal; Legend Biotech Evaluates Options Amid Probes; Amgen’s FDA Filing Reveals Missing Adverse Events

Merck, Curon Biopharmaceutical , Bispecific antibody, Legend Biotech, Amgen, FDA filing, Adverse events, China investigations, CAR-T therapy, Carvykti

Verve Temporarily Halts Lead Base Editing Study Following Adverse Event, Prioritizes Alternative Therapy

Verve Therapeutics, Lead base editing program, Adverse event, VERVE-101, Serious adverse events (SAEs), Grade 3 ALT elevation, Thrombocytopenia, Pause enrollment in Heart-1 study, Alternative therapy focus: VERVE-102, Ionizable lipid delivery system, Phase Ib Heart-2 clinical trial, Q2 2024 initiation of Heart-2 clinical trial.