Ridaforolimus EMA Submission Pulled by Merck
Merck have suffered a hindrance this week with the withdrawal of their Marketing Authorization Application for ridaforolimus in Europe. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) was evaluating ridaforolimus as a possible maintenance treatment for patients with soft tissue sarcoma or primary malignant bone tumour. Merck have licensed the drug, an M-TOR inhibitor from Ariad Pharmaceuticals.