MSC2015103B / EMD Serono, Servier - LARVOL DELTA

MEK 1/2 inhibitors in the treatment of gynecologic malignancies (Gynecol Oncol) - “This paper reviews the translational evidence in favor of MEK inhibitors in cancer, their role in gynecologic malignancies, and details regarding the status of the fourteen MEK inhibitors currently being clinically tested: trametinib, selumetinib, pimasertib, refametinib, PD-0325901, MEK162, TAK733, RO5126766, WX-554, RO4987655, cobimetinib, AZD8330, MSC2015103B, and ARRY-300.” 

Review • Oncology

Day One Expands Clinical-Stage Oncology Pipeline; Announces Global License Agreement with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany to Develop and Commercialize MEK Inhibitor Pimasertib (Businesswire) - “Day One Biopharmaceuticals…announced that it has entered into a global licensing agreement with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, for an exclusive license to develop and commercialize pimasertib as well as a second compound, MSC2015103B….Day One plans to initiate a Phase 1/2 study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and preliminary efficacy of combining pimasertib with DAY101, the Company’s potential first-in-class, oral, brain-penetrant, highly selective type II pan-RAF kinase inhibitor, in patients ≥12 years of age with recurrent, progressive, or refractory solid tumors with MAPK pathway aberrations.”

Licensing / partnership • New P1/2 trial • Oncology • Solid Tumor