Merck Serono Ventures, Compugen Team Up On Drug Toxicity Biomarker Start-Up

Partnership is first investment under Merck Serono Ventures’ €10 million Israel Bioincubator Program.

The corporate venture arm of Germany’s Merck Serono SA is collaborating with Compugen Ltd. to establish a new company, Neviah Genomics Ltd., which will discover, develop and market novel biomarkers for drug toxicity.

Announced June 25, the Neviah collaboration is the first investment under Merck Serono Ventures’ Israel Bioincubator program, established by Merck...

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