Merck to pay Daiichi Sankyo up to $22bn to collaborate on 3 new cancer drugs
In a deal potentially worth up to US$22 billion, Merck (known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada) has entered into a collaboration agreement with Japan-based Daiichi Sankyo to co-develop and co-commercialize three of Daiichi Sankyo’s DXd antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) candidates: patritumab deruxtecan (HER3-DXd), ifinatamab deruxtecan (I-DXd) and raludotatug deruxtecan (R-DXd).
