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Merck bets up to $1B on Pearl's 'smart' biomaterial jewels as biotech begins...

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  • cafead   Mar 12, 2024 at 11:22: AM
via Merck & Co. has signed up to Pearl Bio’s synthetic biology platform, offering up to $1 billion in biobucks for potentially cancer-busting biologics.

The collaboration could pile more biologics onto Merck’s pipeline and serves as validation for Pearl, which emerged from stealth in June 2023 with the backing of Khosla Ventures. Merck is paying an undisclosed upfront fee and offering up to $1 billion in milestone payments for Pearl to identify biologics to treat cancer.

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