Nektar (NKTR) — NKTR Inks Two Partners, Merck & SFJ Pharmaceuticals (Abingworth & Blackstone Life Sciences) for BEMPEG Combo Registration Trials

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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)

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