Taiho Pharmaceutical and Astex Pharmaceuticals, both Otsuka group companies, have sealed an exclusive research collaboration and licensing accord with a subsidiary of US Merck on the development of small molecule inhibitors against targets including the KRAS oncogene. Under the deal…
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