Merck to buy rights to Chinese cancer drug

Merck signs up to $3.3 billion cancer drug deal with China-based LaNova
(Reuters) -Merck has licensed an early-stage cancer drug from a China-based biotech in an up to $3.3 billion deal, two months after a similar therapy from Summit Therapeutics outperformed its blockbuster Keytruda in a late-stage trial in the country.
Merck to buy rights to Chinese cancer drug for up to $3.3B
Merck (NYSE:MRK) and LaNova Medicines announced Thursday an agreement under which the U.S. pharmaceutical giant is expected to obtain licensing rights to a cancer candidate known as LM-299 from the Chinese biotech in a deal worth up to $3.
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