Qurient Co. Ltd. (KRX: 115180), a clinical-stage biotech company based in Korea, have announced that the company have entered into a clinical collaboration agreement with MSD (Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ., USA), for clinical study of Q901, a selective CDK7 inhibitor in combination with MSD’s anti-PD-1 therapy KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab).
Under this agreement, Qurient will conduct a phase 1/2 study in the U.S. to evaluate safety and efficacy of Q901 in combination with KEYTRUDA for the treatment of selected advanced solid tumors.
Terms of the collaboration were not disclosed.