NKMax America Announces a Clinical Trial Collaboration and Supply Agreement with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and Pfizer

SANTA ANA, Calif., Sept. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NKMax America, a biotechnology company harnessing the power of the body’s immune system through the development of Natural Killer (NK) cell therapies, announced today that it has entered into a clinical trial collaboration and supply agreement with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and Pfizer to evaluate the safety and tolerability of SNK01, the company’s autologous natural killer cell therapy in combination with avelumab (BAVENCIO®), a human anti-PD-L1 therapy co-developed and co-commercialized by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and Pfizer Inc., in solid tumors.