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Merck followed the purchase with firing a large chunk of Cubist's researchers. It's more likely that they purchased Cubist for Dapto, a proven winner and billio
by radus 10y ago
Merck followed the purchase with firing a large chunk of Cubist's researchers. It's more likely that they purchased Cubist for Dapto, a proven winner and billion dollar drug, and maybe for their pipeline. I wouldn't hold my breath for Merck to follow through on the research beyond trawling through whatever Cubist had in development already.
- Fomite 10y ago"Merck bought a company for their already successful antibiotic and the others they had in the pipeline" hardly undermines the notion that there's still money in antibiotic development. And they're still funding studies for Fidaxomicin.