MBRX sells its future considerations from AMP protein-kinase program to MRK for a paltry $6M: <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Metabasis-Therapeutics-bw-15493604.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Metabasis-Therapeutics-bw-15493604.html</a> Nice deal for MRK inasmuch as $6M is bus change for them. MBRX evidently needs the money to pay the gas and electric bills.