BIOINVEST BREAKING NEWS – This morning NKTR announced that it has signed two deals to advance BEMPEG combos – one with Merck and the other with SFJ. The first is a Phase II/III trial of BEMPEG in combination with Merck’s KEYTRUDA for first-line treatment of patients with metastatic or un-resectable recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) whose tumors express PD-L1 (Combined Positive Score [CPS] ≥1). (…more)