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02:19 PM EDT, 10/19/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Silence Therapeutics (SLN) said Monday Merck KGaA in Darmstadt, Germany, has agreed to acquire the company for about $1.3 billion in equity value in an all-cash deal. Shares jumped 125% as intraday trading volume grew to over 60.3 million from a daily average of about 1.2 million. SCWorx (WORX) said Monday it has signed an agreement with an independent, community-owned healthcare system serving New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah to provide supply-chain data management services. Shares doubled as intraday trading volume soared to over 92.4 million from a daily average of roughly 309,000. Disc Medicine (IRON) shares surged 37% after the firm said bitopertin met all primary and secondary endpoints in a phase 3 trial in patients with erythropoietic protoporphyria, including X-linked protoporphyria, a genetic metabolic disorder. More than 6.76 million shares traded intraday, compared with a daily average of about 494,000. Price: 19.59, Change: +10.91, Percent Change: +125.63