Modifi Biosciences Inc., a Yale University spinout company formed in 2021 that develops direct DNA-modification-enabled cancer therapeutics, has been acquired by Merck.
FDA granted traditional approval to Merck’s pembrolizumab (Keytruda) with trastuzumab, fluoropyrimidine- and platinum-containing chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of adults with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma whose tumors express PD-L1 (CPS ≥1).
