ACLARIS THERAPEUTICS INC

Novartis acquires Kate Therapeutics for $1.1B, Barclays predicts challenging 2025 for European pharma, Trump picks surgeon Martin Makary to lead FDA, Novartis partners with Ratio Therapeutics for up to $745M, Kyowa Kirin pays Kura Oncology $330M upfront for leukemia drug rights, global measles cases rise 20% to 10.3 million, Brookfield considers €7B bid for Grifols, Bavarian Nordic's 2025 order book reaches €320M, FDA supports REGENXBIO's Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy, Merck's subcutaneous Keytruda matches infused version, Syndax Pharmaceuticals secures FDA approval for Revuforj, Aclaris Therapeutics licenses 2 antibodies from Biosion for over $40M upfront, Sandoz to cut 10% of workforce in France, Incyte halts testing and discontinues drugs, Sage Therapeutics discontinues dalzanemdor, Johnson & Johnson and Merck announce job cuts in China, Samsung Biologics signs $668M contracts, FDA grants accelerated approval to Jazz Pharmaceuticals' Ziihera, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals cuts 60% of workforce, Halozyme withdraws €2B bid for Evotec, mpox epidemic overwhelms hospitals in Kinshasa.