Merck Hepatitis C Drug May ‘Anchor’ Future Worldwide Regimen

Merck & Co. will make whatever deals are necessary to ensure the company leads the race for future hepatitis C combination therapies, said Roger Pomerantz, the drugmaker’s worldwide head of licensing and acquisitions.

“Our goal is to be a leader in hepatitis C, and we will do what it takes to get there,” Pomerantz said in an interview at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. “We would consider small deals to large deals, whatever is necessary to lead in hepatitis.”