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FDA Approves Viridian for Thyroid Eye Disease; Merck KGaA's $11.3B Bio-Techne Deal

Sat, Jun 27, 2026 15 min Hosts: Alex Mercer & Maya Patel
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FDA breaks Amgen's Tepezza monopoly with Viridian's Lumvoa approval in thyroid eye disease. Plus Merck KGaA's $11.3B Bio-Techne acquisition, Biogen gutting the Apellis pipeline post-$5.6B deal, CHMP moves to revoke Tavneos, and Lilly's orforglipron PDUFA lands Monday.Www.thepharacloseout.compharma, pharmaceutical, FDA, clinical trials, biotech, drug approvals, healthcare, pharma podcast, The Pharma Closeout, Viridian Therapeutics, Lumvoa, veligrotug, thyroid eye disease, Amgen, Tepezza, Merck KGaA, Bio-Techne, Biogen, Apellis, Syfovre, Eli Lilly, orforglipron, Moderna, Ionis, Tryngolza, Ardelyx, Xphozah, Sanofi, Tavneos, avacopan, CHMP, Keytruda, Padcev, Replimune, Lycia, Dr. Reddy's, Gilead, AbbVie, M&A, GLP-1, Lilly, Merck, J&J

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