Keyword: Merck & Co.

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Merck Restructure to Cut Jobs

02.05.2019 - US drugmaker Merck & Co. has begun a restructuring program of its manufacturing and supply network, as well as reducing its global real estate footprint. The disclosure was made in...

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IRBM and Merck & Co Cooperate on Peptides

12.09.2018 - Italian research organization IRBM has signed a new agreement with Merck & Co on peptides therapeutics, extending a collaboration begun in 2010. In the newest round, it will...

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Merck’s Keytruda Nabs More US Approvals

18.06.2018 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted two more approvals for US Merck’s Keytruda, an anti-PD-1 therapy. In the first, the drug gained its first regulatory clearance...

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Merck Boosts Immuno-oncology with Viralytics Buy

22.02.2018 - US drugmakerMerck & Co. has agreed to buy Australia’s Viralytics for $394 million, in a deal that will boost its immuno-oncology portfolio. Through the acquisition, which will see...

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US Merck Discontinues Alzheimer’s Drug Trial

16.02.2018 - US drugmaker Merck & Co. has said it will halt its APECS randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, double-blind Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of...

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UK Life Science Boom despite Brexit?

05.12.2017 - As a UK Parliament-select committee prepared for a public evidence session on Dec. 5, examining scenarios for trading arrangements with the UK post-Brexit, reports were circulating...

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Sanofi Charges Mylan With Lantus Breach

07.11.2017 - Sanofi is pursuing another US competitor for alleged breach of the patent for its top-selling diabetes drug insulin glargine (branded as Lantus and Lantus SoloStar), which together...

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US and Canada Approve GSK Shingles Vaccine

24.10.2017 - The US Food and Drug Administration on Oct. 20 approved Shingrix, the long awaited recombinant, adjuvant new shingles vaccine manufactured by UK drugmaker Glaxo SmithKline (GSK)...