Merck to pay PDL $19.5m in settlement agreement

Merck and PDL Biopharma have settled a dispute over Merck’s cancer drug Keytruda (pembrolizumab), which allegedly infringed a patent belonging to PDL.

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Merck to pay PDL $19.5m in settlement agreement

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