Intensity Therapeutics inks deal to test new Keytruda combo

26 June 2019
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Intensity Therapeutics has entered into an agreement with Merck & Co (NYSE: MRK) to test a combination of the firm’s lead product candidate INT230-6 together with Merck’s flagship checkpoint inhibitor, Keytruda (pembrolizumab).

The firms will trial the combination in people with advanced solid malignancies, including pancreatic, bile duct, squamous cell and non-MSI high colon cancers.

East Coast, USA-based Intensity is working on a novel, immune-based approach to treat solid tumor cancers, through direct injection of its therapeutic agents.

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