Ulevostinag is under clinical development by Merck and currently in Phase I for Oropharyngeal Cancer. According to GlobalData, Phase I drugs for Oropharyngeal Cancer have an 81% phase transition success rate (PTSR) indication benchmark for progressing into Phase II. GlobalData’s report assesses how Ulevostinag’s drug-specific PTSR and Likelihood of Approval (LoA) scores compare to the indication benchmarks. Buy the report here.
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Ulevostinag overview
Ulevostinag (MK-1454) is under development for the treatment of triple negative breast cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer, anaplastic thyroid cancer, recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma of oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx, or larynx and lymphomas including cutaneous T cell lymphoma. It is a synthetic cyclic dinucleotide. It is administered through intratumoral route. The drug candidate acts by targeting the stimulator of interferon genes (STING) protein.
Merck overview
Merck is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, manufacturing and marketing of prescription medicines, biologic therapies, vaccines, and animal health products. It offers prescription products for therapy areas related to cardiovascular, cancer, immune disorders, infectious, respiratory, and diabetes. The company provides animal health products such as vaccines, poultry products, livestock products and aquaculture products. Merck sells medicines to drug wholesalers, retailers, hospitals, government agencies and managed health care providers; and animal health products to veterinarians, distributors and animal producers. The company and its subsidiaries operate in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. Merck is known as MSD outside the US and Canada and is headquartered in Kenilworth, New Jersey, the US.
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GlobalData’s Likelihood of Approval analytics tool dynamically assesses and predicts how likely a drug will move to the next stage in clinical development (PTSR), as well as how likely the drug will be approved (LoA). This is based on a combination of machine learning and a proprietary algorithm to process data points from various databases found on GlobalData’s Pharmaceutical Intelligence Center.
