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Merck Acquires Modifi And Preclinical Assets For GBM, Other Cancers

 
• By Alaric DeArment

The deal, potentially worth more than $1.3bn, includes Modifi’s MGMT-targeting technology, which it hopes can provide a biomarker-based approach for glioblastoma multiforme.

Behind the Deal

Merck & Co., Inc. could spend more than $1.3bn to acquire Modifi Biosciences, but the initial cost of the deal is a much more modest investment in a company with a suite of preclinical assets designed to address difficult-to-treat cancers by exploiting DNA repair defects, starting with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).

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