Merck, AZ, Roche, BMS work off grid for mix-and-match immuno-oncology
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
In the three months running up to the annual ASCO meeting in Chicago, Merck & Co, AstraZeneca, Roche and Bristol-Myers Squibb each announced deals with external companies designed to strengthen the clinical hands of their most advanced immune-oncology products (Table 1). Most are clinical trial collaborations putting a second-drug overlay on a checkpoint inhibition canvas.
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