AstraZeneca and Merck establish strategic oncology collaboration
AstraZeneca | July 27, 2017
AstraZeneca and Merck & Co., Inc., (Merck; known as MSD outside of the US and Canada) today announced that they have entered a global strategic oncology collaboration to co-develop and co-commercialise AstraZeneca's Lynparza (olaparib) for multiple cancer types. Lynparza is an innovative, first-in-class oral poly ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitor currently approved for BRCA-mutated ovarian cancer in multiple lines of treatment. Lynparza's pipeline has grown significantly in the last few years, with 14 indications currently being developed across several tumour types, including breast, prostate and pancreatic cancers. The strategic collaboration is expected to further increase the number of treatment options available to patients.