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Merck and AstraZeneca Enter License Agreement for Investigational Oral WEE1 Kinase Inhibitor Therapy for Cancer

2013-09-11 09:15:00| Merck.com - Research & Development News

Dateline City: WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. & LONDON WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, and AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) today announced a worldwide licensing agreement for Mercks oral small molecule inhibitor of WEE1 kinase (MK-1775). MK-1775 is currently being evaluated in Phase IIa clinical studies in combination with standard-of-care therapies for the treatment of patients with certain types of ovarian cancer. Language: English Contact: MerckMedia:Caroline Lappetito, (267) 305-7639orInvestor:Carol Ferguson, (908) 423-4465Justin Holko, (908) 423-5088 Ticker Slug: Ticker: MRK Exchange: NYSE read more

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