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Merck Clocks 50% Q1 Sales Growth Boosted By COVID-19 Treatment, Tightens FY22 EPS Outlook

Merck & Co Inc's (NYSE:MRK) Q1 sales reached $15.90 billion, +50% Y/Y, beating the consensus of $14.68 billion. Excluding the foreign exchange impact, revenues were up 52%. Pharmaceutical sales increased 53% to $14.11 billion, primarily driven by molnupiravir, oncology, vaccines, and hospital acute care products. Pharmaceutical sales growth, excluding Lagevrio sales, was…

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EXPLAINER: COVID-19 pills must be taken within 5 days

COVID-19 patients have two treatment options that can be taken at home

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Merck Expands Elkton Manufacturing Facility To Boost HPV Vaccine Supply

Merck & Co Inc (NYSE: MRK) has invested in manufacturing and recently expanded its vaccines manufacturing facility in Elkton, VA.

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Merck - Ridgeback's COVID-19 Antiviral Shows Rapid Elimination Of Infectious SARS-CoV-2 Than Placebo

Merck & Co Inc (NYSE: MRK) and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics will present data evaluating Lagevrio (molnupiravir), an oral COVID-19 antiviral, at the 2022 European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases.

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FDA Pushes Merck's Pneumococcal Vaccine Decision Date Into July For Expanded Use In Kids

The FDA has extended the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) date of the supplemental marketing application for Merck & Co Inc's (NYSE: MRK) pneumococcal 15-valent conjugate vaccine

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The Daily Biotech Pulse: SELLA In-licenses Oncology Asset, Merck's Pneumococcal Vaccine Review Extended, Arc Biopharma COVID Drug Flunks Mid-Stage Study

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CNBC's Final Trades: Merck, Royal Caribbean Cruises And This Energy Play

On CNBC’s “Halftime Report Final Trades,” Jon Najarian said there was “unusual activity” in Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (NYSE: RCL). “I bought that,” he added.

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The Daily Biotech Pulse: Amylyx Announces Negative Adcom Vote, Clovis Jumps On Ovarian Cancer Data, Masimo Warns Of Q1 Shortfall

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The Daily Biotech Pulse: Sanofi-IGM Ink Antibody Drug Collaboration; NeoGenomics Sinks On CEO Departure, Q1 Warning; Decision Day For Akebia

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EMA's Advisory Group Backs Approval For Merck's Keytruda In Various Cancer Settings

The European Medicines Agency's advisory group CHMP has adopted a positive opinion recommending approval of Merck & Co Inc (NYSE: MRK) for

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The Daily Biotech Pulse: MEI Pharma Wilts On Adverse Regulatory Development, Decision Day For Zogenix, AN2 Therapeutics IPO

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Merck Continues to See Executive Exodus; Here's A Look At All Recent Departures

Executive churn at pharma giant Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK) has increased in recent times, so much so that it has caused stakeholders to sit up and take notice.

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FDA Approves Second Indication For Merck's Keytruda In Endometrial Cancer

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The Daily Biotech Pulse: Merck's Keytruda Snags Another FDA Approval, Pfizer Strikes COVID-19 Pill Supply Deal, Argenx Reports Positive Late-Stage Readout

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A doctor takes on Big Pharma

In “Sickening,” Harvard professor John Abramson chronicles the deceptive marketing practices of the drug industry

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Merck-AstraZeneca Stop Keytruda/Lynparza Combo Trial In Prostate Cancer Patients

Merck & Co Inc (NYSE: MRK) will stop the Phase 3 KEYLYNK-010 trial investigating Keytruda combined with Lynparza for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).

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The Daily Biotech Pulse: Biogen, Eisai Amend Aduhelm Agreement; Anaptys Acne Drug Flunks Midstage Study; Merck, AstraZeneca Discontinue Prostate Cancer Trial

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Two years into the pandemic, unequal access to COVID-19 treatments threatens the global recovery

It’s now two years since the World Health Organization began calling the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic.

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Fears over drug used to treat Covid and link to serious birth defects

One expert says similar drugs have been shown to cause animals to be born with no teeth or parts of skull missing

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Molnupiravir: why are there potential safety issues around this COVID antiviral?

If you’re worried about COVID, there’s a simple way to boost protection: get vaccinated. But this doesn’t work for everyone. People with weak immune systems – perhaps because of age or a medical condition – don’t respond well to vaccines. For them, COVID still poses a significant risk.

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Why Alpine Immune's Shares Are Falling Today

The FDA has placed a partial clinical hold on Alpine Immune Sciences Inc's (NASDAQ:ALPN) NEON-2 trial evaluating davoceticept (ALPN-202) in combination with pembrolizumab in adults with advanced malignancies. The partial clinical hold was prompted by Alpine's report of patient death in the NEON-2 trial. The participant had choroidal melanoma previously treated with nivolumab and…

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WHO Conditionally Recommends Merck's COVID-19 Antiviral Pill For High-Risk Patients

A World Health Organization (WHO) panel has backed the use of Merck & Co Inc's (NYSE:MRK) COVID-19 antiviral pill for high-risk patients. The expert panel conditionally recommended molnupiravir for patients with non-severe disease at high risk of hospitalization, such as the immunocompromised, the unvaccinated, older people, and those with chronic conditions. The recommendation was…

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WHO Recommends Merck COVID Pill for non-severe, at-risk patients

The World Health Organization on Wednesday recommended an anti-Covid pill be taken by sufferers who have mild symptoms but are at high risk of hospitalization, such as older people or the unvaccinated. The pill, called molnupiravir and developed by US pharmaceutical Merck, is taken as soon as possible after Covid-19…

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EXPLAINER: Why Pfizer needs time to make COVID-19 treatment

Pfizer’s new COVID-19 treatment came with a catch when it debuted late last year: It can take months to make the tablets

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Attention Biotech Investors: Mark Your Calendar For March PDUFA Dates

The Food and Drug Administration approval calendar was light in February. Nevertheless, the month saw regulatory nods accorded to some breakthrough therapies.

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