Merck Expands Aduro Collaboration In Keytruda Tie-Up
Executive Summary
Aduro Biotech's scientists have a long association with Merck & Co's Keytruda, and things have come full circle as the small biotech's lead anticancer shows promise in combination with the high-profile checkpoint inhibitor.
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