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Merck pays $4B upfront for rights to 3 Daiichi ADCs in huge bet on post-Keytruda future

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  • cafead   Oct 20, 2023 at 10:13: AM
via Merck & Co. has secured a seat at the productive Daiichi Sankyo antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) factory. While AstraZeneca picked up the first two ADCs off the production line, its rival and collaborator Merck is paying $4 billion upfront to co-develop Daiichi’s next three prospects.

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