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    Vaccinex Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, has entered into a clinical collaboration agreement with Merck through a subsidiary, to evaluate the combination of Vaccinex’s investigational SEMA4D inhibitor, pepinemab, and Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, Keytruda (pembrolizumab), in the treatment of patients with advanced, recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC).
     
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