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AstraZeneca, Merck in $8.5B Oncology Pact

Will co-develop and co-commercialize Lynparza for multiple cancer types

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By: Tim Wright

Editor-in-Chief, Contract Pharma

AstraZeneca and Merck have entered a global oncology collaboration to co-develop and co-commercialize AstraZeneca’s Lynparza (olaparib) for multiple cancer types. Lynparza is an innovative, first-in-class oral poly ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitor currently approved for BRCA-mutated ovarian cancer in multiple lines of treatment. Lynparza’s pipeline has grown significantly in the last few years, with 14 indications currently being developed across several tumor types, including breast, p...

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