Merck KGaA Joins Race To Develop Next-Gen PARP Inhibitors
Links Up With Italy’s Nerviano
Executive Summary
PARP inhibitors have had great success in treating a number of cancers but the German major has placed a $65m bet that Nerviano's selective PARP1 approach could produce a safer and more efficacious option.
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