C4 Therapeutics Announces Strategic Discovery Research Collaboration with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Against Critical Oncogenic Proteins

“We look forward to partnering with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and leveraging our collective strengths to advance an exciting program from C4T’s internal oncology pipeline that has the potential to transform how cancer is treated,” said Andrew Hirsch, president and chief executive officer of C4 Therapeutics. “This new partnership highlights C4T’s differentiated approach to targeted protein degradation science and our strong track record of designing novel targeted protein degrader medicines with desirable drug-like properties that have the potential to treat patients with unmet medical needs.”

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