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Merck’s Keytruda faces 2028 biosimilar rights warning

Merck priced at $151.07 received a warning as Cipla’s U.S. subsidiary secured exclusive U.S. commercialization rights for Qilu Pharmaceutical’s proposed pembrolizumab biosimilar QL21.

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Merck NYSE:MRK, the pharmaceutical and vaccine heavyweight priced at $151.07, got a blunt warning Thursday: Keytruda's biosimilar countdown is getting louder.

Cipla's U.S. subsidiary secured exclusive American commercialization rights to Qilu Pharmaceutical's proposed pembrolizumab biosimilar, QL21…