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Shire signs deal to buy NPS for $5.2bn

Firm hopes to boost its presence in rare disease sector

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Novartis files COPD combo in US

QVA149 combines long-acting beta agonist with long-acting muscarinic antagonist

- PMLiVE

Novartis signs stem cell research pact with Intellia

Will work with the biotech start-up on creating new treatments

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FDA close to first biosimilar approval

US regulator’s advisory board recommends Novartis’ version of Amgen’s Neupogen

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Japan first to approve Novartis psoriasis drug Cosentyx

Becomes first company to gain approval for an interleukin-17 inhibitor

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Orexigen’s obesity pill Mysimba set for European approval

But sales of the treatment are only predicted to reach $200m by 2016

- PMLiVE

‘Major step forward’ as EMA recommends first stem cell therapy

But wants more clinical trial data to shore up orphan drug's marketing licence

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Novartis’ acromegaly therapy cleared by FDA

Signifor LAR shows superior efficiency to older treatments

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Novartis’ Afinitor fails frontline breast cancer trial

Drug already approved to treat HER2-negative breast cancer

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Novartis’ Cosentyx beats Stelara in psoriasis study

Cosentyx achieved clearance in 70% of patients

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Life expectancy continues to rise in Europe

EC report shows five-year improvement since 1990

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