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Novartis Bets Up to $7.8 Billion on an mRNA Drug That Turns the Body Into Its Own Antibody Factory

The Swiss drugmaker is paying China’s Abogen $575 million upfront for an injected mRNA that makes a B-cell-killing T-cell engager inside the patient — a possible simpler route to the “immune reset” that CAR-T promised for autoimmune disease.

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