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...
28.05.2020
- US pharma giant Merck & Co is wading into the race to find a vaccine or treatment for Covid-19. The New Jersey-based company is joining forces with nonprofit research group IAVI on...
20.04.2020
- The worldwide spread of the corona virus shows once again that despite all technological progress, humanity is still exposed to health risks. The biotech and pharmaceutical...
07.02.2020
- US drugmaker Merck plans to streamline its organization by spinning off assets with around $6.5 billion in annual revenue. Businesses to be separated out by the first half of 2021...
26.11.2019
- US Merck & Co. has agreed to buy Calporta Therapeutics for up to $576 million, including an upfront sum and contingent milestone payments. Calporta was launched in early 2015 by...
15.11.2019
- US Merck & Co. is eliminating 200 manufacturing and R&D jobs in France as part of a $1.2 billion worldwide restructuring of operations. The axe will fall on 101 production and 106...
31.05.2019
- A recent decision by the US Supreme Court to remand a number of product liability lawsuits against US drugmaker Merck & Co to an appeals court has peaked the pharmaceutical...
