Novartis shells out up to $1B to test GSK's Arzerra in MS

Thanks to the companies' recent multi-billion-dollar asset swap, Novartis ($NVS) already has the rights to former GlaxoSmithKline ($GSK) drug ofatumumab's cancer applications. But now, it's forking over up to $1 billion to gain full control of the med--currently marketed as Arzerra--and to test it as a therapy for multiple sclerosis. More