April 1 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
- Eli Lilly LLY.N reached a deal on Tuesday to buy Centessa Pharmaceuticals 260y.F, a company developing treatments for the sleep disorder narcolepsy and other neurological conditions, in a deal worth about $6.3 billion.
- McCormick & Company MKC.N said on Tuesday that it planned to combine with Unilever’s ULVR.L food business to form a new entity with some $20 billion in annual revenue.
- A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order barring the federal funding of NPR and PBS violated the First Amendment.
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is moving toward allowing compounding pharmacies to produce more than a dozen injectable peptides that were banned because of potentially significant safety risks.