Merck KGaA Joins Race To Develop Next-Gen PARP Inhibitors

Links Up With Italy’s Nerviano

PARP inhibitors have had great success in treating a number of cancers but the German major has placed a $65m bet that Nerviano's selective PARP1 approach could produce a safer and more efficacious option.

Merck KGaA Darmstadt

Merck KGaA is hoping to position itself as a leader among companies looking to develop next-generation PARP inhibitors by teaming up with Italy's Nerviano Medical Sciences.

The German group has inked a collaboration agreement, which comes with a licensing option, with Nerviano for NMS-293, an early-stage oral selective PARP1 inhibitor

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