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33 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA
320 Bent St, Cambridge, MA
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        Merck is eyeing another major label expansion for its flagship anti-PD-1 therapy Keytruda following an interim analysis of KEYNOTE-859 trial.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        With a $1.36 billion buyout, Merck bolstered its oncology program with the acquisition of Biotech Bay-based Imago Biosciences, a company focused on chronic bone marrow cancers.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Large pharmaceutical companies are making plans to comply with sustainability and carbon net zero targets. Hear from AstraZeneca and Merck KGaA’s MilliporeSigma about their strategies. 
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Merck, Bristol Myers Squibb, Biogen and others presented their latest data from MS programs at the 38th ECTRIMS conference.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Kineta struck a collaboration deal with Merck to pair its anti-VISTA monoclonal antibody with Keytruda (pembrolizumab) as a potential treatment for advanced solid tumors.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Merck and Moderna are moving forward with a personalized cancer vaccine as Merck exercised its option to develop and commercialize mRNA-4157/V940, the companies announced Wednesday.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Ginkgo Bioworks partnered with Merck on engineered enzymes for use as biocatalysts for Merck’s active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing programs.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Top-line data from the Phase III STELLAR trial revealed that Merck’s activin receptor candidate sotatercept reached its primary endpoint in pulmonary arterial hypertension.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        This week had a flurry of biopharma patent cases, from Novartis vs Gilenya, Merck vs Viatris, and Aligos vs Janssen, either filed or court decisions being made. 
    
        
    
        
    
        
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