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Alkermes, Merck Enter Clinical Trial and Supply Agreement

To evaluate nemvaleukin alfa in combination with Keytruda in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.

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By: Tim Wright

Editor-in-Chief, Contract Pharma

Alkermes has entered into a clinical trial collaboration and supply agreement with MSD, a tradename of Merck, for a planned phase 3 study to evaluate nemvaleukin alfa, Alkermes’ novel investigational engineered interleukin-2 (IL-2) variant immunotherapy, in combination with MSD’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab), in comparison to investigator choice chemotherapy in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.   Alkermes is responsible for conducting the phase 3 study, which is planned to...

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