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Ares Trading

Aubonne, Vaud, Switzerland
Ownership
Private
Employees
~826
Development stage
Other
01

Overview

Ares Trading (Merck KGaA subsidiary) developed and commercialized products such as Bavencio (avelumab, a PD-L1 antibody in partnership with Pfizer, approved for multiple oncology indications) and markets fertility, oncology, neurology, and specialty therapeutics. The company licenses recombinant, biologic, and antibody technologies from academic and industry partners. It recently expanded biologicals marketing in China through collaborations with local biotech firms.

Therapeutic areas
OncologyNeurologyEndocrinologyOther
Modalities
Monoclonal antibodyBispecific monoclonal antibodyRecombinant proteinSmall moleculeBiologic
Industry
Pharma
02

Partnerships

Dyax (now Takeda) (antibody licensing and discovery)Zelgen Biopharmaceuticals (China marketing/licensing)F-Star (bispecific antibody licensing)Pfizer (co-commercialization of Bavencio)

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