Merck to acquire Harpoon Therapeutics for US$ 680 million
Acquisition includes HPN328, an investigational delta-like ligand 3 (DLL3) targeting T-cell engager being evaluated in certain patients with small cell lung cancer and neuroendocrine tumors
Acquisition includes HPN328, an investigational delta-like ligand 3 (DLL3) targeting T-cell engager being evaluated in certain patients with small cell lung cancer and neuroendocrine tumors
Comprehensive clinical development programs being initiated for each investigational candidate
If approved, patritumab deruxtecan would be a first-in-class HER3 directed DXd antibody drug conjugate for these patients
V116 is an investigational, 21-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine specifically designed to protect adults
The initiation of the second clinical trial in the INTerpath program represents rapid expansion in research for additional tumor types for individualized neoantigen therapy, V940 (mRNA-4157)
Acquisition underscores Merck’s ongoing commitment to developing treatments for neurodegenerative diseases
Approval based on results from the Phase 3 KEYNOTE-859 trial, which demonstrated significant improvement in overall survival in these patients versus chemotherapy alone
The companies will work with investigators to share the results with the scientific community
Opinion granted based on positive disease-free survival results from the Phase 3 KEYNOTE-091 trial
KEYTRUDA is the first immunotherapy approved in the EU for the first-line treatment of this patient population
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