The Medicines Company: Novartis successfully completes acquisition of The Medicines Company, adding a potentially first-in-class, investigational cholesterol-lowering therapy inclisiran

Basel: - Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS) ("Novartis") today announced that it has completed the acquisition of The Medicines Company (the "Company") through the consummation of a merger of its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, Medusa Merger Corporation ("Purchaser"), with and into the Company, with the Company surviving the merger, without a vote of the Company's stockholders in accordance with Section 251(h) of the Delaware General Corporation Law. In the merger, each share of the Company's common stock outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the merger (other than shares owned by Novartis,