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How worrying is Revolution Medicine’s infringement letter to Erasca for ERAS-0015?
Erasca, Inc. is a clinical stage oncology company developing drugs focused on RAS/MAPK pathway-driven cancers. In January of this year, the company announced encouraging early clinical data for one of its candidates, ERAS-0015. Then, in late April, the company received a letter from a potential competitor, Revolution Medicines, Inc. (“RevMed”). The letter alleged that Erasca’s ERAS-0015 candidate infringes RevMed’s patent, that Erasca misappropriated trade secrets and that Erasca improperly compared pre-clinical data for its candidate with RevMed’s drug. How concerned should Erasca’s investors be of RevMed’s allegations?