TetraLogic and Merck to Collaborate on the Evaluation of Birinapant in Combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) in Solid Tumors

MALVERN, Pa. & KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Nasdaq: TLOG), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel small molecule therapeutics in oncology and infectious diseases, and Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today they have entered into an oncology clinical study collaboration. The companies will collaborate on a Phase 1 study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of birinapant, TetraLogic’s SMAC-mimetic, in combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab), Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, in patients with relapsed or refractory solid tumors. The study is expected to begin in late 2015.