Japan's Daiichi Sankyo and US drugmaker MSD have expanded their existing global co-development and co-commercialization agreement for three investigational DXd antibody drug conjugates to include MSD’s MK-6070, a compound MSD obtained through its recent acquisition of Harpoon Therapeutics.
Daiichi Sankyo and Merck & Co. to co-develop and commercialize three of Daiichi Sankyo’s DXd antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) candidates worldwide except for Japan where Daiichi Sankyo retains exclusive rights. Merck to pay Daiichi Sankyo up to €20.8 billion for the collaboration.
UK-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca has entered into a global development and commercialization agreement with Daiichi Sankyo, which could be worth up to $6 billion for the Japanese pharma.
Adaptability — A lot has happened in the world of custom manufacturing since Saltigo was carved out of Lanxess' fine chemicals business in 2006.
Saltigo has signed an agreement with Tokyo-based Daiichi Sankyo for the provision of contract manufacturing services; this comes ahead of Daiichi Sankyo's plans to commercialize one of its novel drug pipeline projects.
