SpringWorks Therapeutics has received US approval for its second commercial product just a day after Merck KGaA confirmed rumors that it was in advanced negotiations to acquire the US biotech.
SpringWorks Gains New Approval Amid Merck KGaA Buyout Talks
After coming up blank with its in-house oncology efforts, the German conglomerate is mulling a deal to acquire the US specialist company which has just managed a new drug approval for mirdametinib.

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