Keyword: Merck & Co.

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UK’s MHRA Approves Merck & Co Covid Pill

05.11.2021 -

The UK has “pipped the US at the post”, as one commentator noted in typical British colloquialism on the news that the country’s health regulator MHRA has approved the...

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EMA Begins Rolling Review of Molnupiravir

26.10.2021 -

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has begun a rolling review of US Merck & Co’s oral antiviral molnupiravir as a candidate to treat Covid-19. The EU drugs regulator...

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Merck & Co.’s $11.5 Billion Acceleron Deal May Face Hurdles

04.10.2021 -

US drugs giant Merck & Co. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire publicly traded US biotech Acceleron Pharma for $180 per share, yielding a total equity value of...

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US to Invest $3 Billion in Pandemic Stockpile

22.06.2021 -

In conjunction with its American Rescue Plan, the administration of US president Joe Biden has announced its intention to spend $3 billion on building a stockpile of...

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Drugs and Maybe Covid Vaccines Headed to India

28.04.2021 -

As India’s Covid-19 infections soar and the death toll nears 200,000, wealthier countries – including the US, UK, Germany, France and Australia – are rushing supplies of...

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Vaccine Makers Pledge Caution on Covid Rollout

09.09.2020 -

With some potential Covid-19 vaccine makers suggesting they could have a candidate ready for approval and maybe even deployment this autumn, concerns are arising that a...

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Merck & Co Agrees Cancer Collaborations

17.07.2020 -

US pharma giant Merck & Co is boosting its cancer drug development, adding two more collaborations – with Foghorn Therapeutics and Zymeworks.

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Germany again Wins Merck & Merck Lawsuit

03.06.2020 - In the latest round of the trademark battle between Merck & Co of the US (known outside North America as MSD) and Germany’s Merck KGaA (which trades in North America as EMD), the...