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Pharma Giants Team Up On Diabetes Candidate

by Rick Mullin
May 6, 2013 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 91, Issue 18

Merck & Co. and Pfizer are joining to develop Pfizer’s ertugliflozin, an investigational sodium glucose cotransporter inhibitor for type 2 diabetes that will enter Phase III clinical trials later this year. Under the agreement, the two companies will develop the small-molecule drug alone and in combination with metformin, a generic diabetes drug, and Merck’s Januvia (sitagliptin). Pfizer has received an up-front payment of $60 million and is eligible for milestone payments. Merck and Pfizer will share potential revenue and development costs on a 60:40 basis.

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