Dow Jones Top Company Headlines at 3 AM ET: Novartis Pauses Autoimmune Cell Therapy Studies After Deaths | Anthropic ...

A quick sweep of major company and regulatory headlines shows Novartis pausing eight late-stage clinical trials of an experimental therapy targeting autoimmune and neurological disorders after three patients died in late August. In other news, Anthropic signed a $35 billion cloud deal backed by Nvidia, with Nvidia supplying chips to a Texas data center and holding the lease. Shein’s Hong Kong debut saw shares drop as much as 10%. The FTC alleges Amazon used a “secret” ad pricing system. UPS reshuffled executives, appointing a chief global operations officer. Other items include Trump announcing drug-pricing deals, Nvidia’s $3.5 billion move tied to AI expansion, and SLB agreeing to buy data center cooling firm Kelvion for $4.1 billion.