The price Big Pharma is paying to access new drug candidates seems to be accelerating. Within just one week, a second $1.0 billion drug discovery accord has been signed, this time by US drug major Merck & Co and Massachusetts-based Ariad Pharmaceuticals. It follows on Roche's announcement of a mega accord for RNAi therapeutics with US firm Alnylam (Marketletter July 16).
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