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Cooking Culinary Adventure: inspired by Halifax's Seaport Market | SaltWire #cooking #cookingshortsSHANGHAI - Chinese drugmaker Sichuan Kelun Pharmaceutical Co said on Monday that Merck & Co Inc was abandoning the joint development of two candidate cancer drugs which have yet to start clinical trials.Representatives for Merck did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
The move comes days after Merck said it would pay Daiichi Sankyo $5.5 billion to jointly develop three of its candidate cancer drugs in a deal that could be worth up to $22 billion for the Japanese firm. Merck is aiming for at least $6 billion in revenue from its oncology business in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, which would represent about a five-fold increase over a three-year period.
The co-developed drug candidates belonged to a class known as antibody drug conjugates , which unlike conventional chemotherapy are designed to target only cancer cells, potentially reducing damage to normal cells. Cooperation with Merck on seven other ADC candidates - three in clinical trials - was unaffected, Kelun said.
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