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Asia Deal Watch: Kelun Partners With Merck A Third Time, Optioning Rights To Seven ADCs

 
• By Dexter Jie Yan, Jung Won Shin, Vibha Ravi, Lisa Takagi, Ian Haydock, and Joseph Haas

Already partnered on antibody-drug conjugates and a Phase III breast cancer candidate, Merck could pay up to $9.3bn under its third pact in 2022 with Kelun. Eisai divests Fycompa to Catalyst.

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• Source: Alamy

Scrip regularly covers business development and deal making in the biopharmaceutical industry. Asia Deal Watch is supported by deal intelligence from Biomedtracker.

Marking their third agreement in the last seven months, Merck & Co., Inc. and Sichuan Kelun Pharmaceutical Co...

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