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Merck licenses a preclinical KRAS G12D inhibitor from SciBrunch, FDA approves Olumiant, Juvmo, and Atebrioz across three separate indications, and Matthew Montes de Oca makes the case for compounding pharmacies to set their own safety standards.

Merck has acquired exclusive global rights to SciBrunch's preclinical KRAS G12D inhibitor SPR2015.

FDA this week cleared three new treatments: Lilly's Olumiant for adolescent alopecia areata, AbbVie's Juvmo for Parkinson's disease, and Mirum and Incyte's Atebrioz for the rare bone disorder FOP.

Compounding pharmacies that set their own safety and accreditation standards now stand the best chance of keeping patient access intact before heavier regulation does it for them.

Two FDA approvals, six platform deals, a European alarm, a Novo listing debate, and a China mega-deal — this week's biggest pharma stories, explained.

Numerof's Michael Abrams on why digital health's point-solution era is ending — and why consolidation into broader platforms is the next step.

FDA approves Merck and Eisai's Welireg-Lenvima combination for advanced kidney cancer, a platform-deal roundup covers Novo Nordisk, Genentech, and Roche's tie-ups with Nanexa, Earendil Labs, and Atavistik Bio, and Ron Lanton examines the fight to regulate pharmacy benefit managers.

FDA has approved Welireg plus Lenvima for previously treated advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma.