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EMA committee recommends five drugs for approval
March 30, 2015Sales and Marketing Boehringer, CHMP, EMA, Eisai, Europe, Gardasil, Lenvima, Merck, akynzio, jardiance, lilly
Cancer and diabetes treatments are among those given the go ahead in the latest round of approvals by the EMA. …
Merck’s Keytruda trial stopped early after beating BMS’ Yervoy on survival
March 25, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMS, Merck, Yervoy, ipilimumab, keytruda, pembrolizumab
A trial comparing two potential blockbuster cancer treatments has been stopped early, after Merck’s Keytruda beat BMS’ Yervoy in a …
Chief executive promotion at Merck KGaA
March 24, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Karl-Ludwig Kley, Merck, Merck KGaA, Merck Serono, Stefan Oschmann, chief executive
Merck KGaA is to promote its deputy chief executive Stefan Oschmann to replace Karl-Ludwig Kley in the top job next …
GSK and Theravance see FDA nod for asthma indication
March 20, 2015Sales and Marketing Advair, AstraZeneca, Dulera, FDA, Foradil, GSK, Merck, Symbicort, Theravance, asthma, breo, budesonide/formoterol fumarate dihydratem, ellipta, fluticasone propionate, formoterol fumarate, mometasone/formoterol
An FDA panel has recommended the approval of asthma treatment Breo Ellipta in adults – but voted against supporting its …
Merck’s cancer drug sees first ever early access nod
March 11, 2015Sales and Marketing Cancer, ICR, Merck, eams, early access, keytruda, melanoma, oncology, pembrolizumab
Merck’s skin cancer drug Keytruda has become the first drug to be approved through the new Early Access to Medicines …
Merck and NewLink Ebola vaccine trial begins
March 6, 2015Sales and Marketing Ebola, Merck, Vaccine, WHO, newlink, rVSV-EBOV
Merck and US-based biopharma firm NewLink Genetics’ investigational Ebola vaccine is being used in Phase III trials in West Africa. …
Merck and Eisai partner on cancer therapy trial
March 6, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, Cancer, FDA, Halaven, Lenvima, Merck, Stivarga, keytruda, oncology, pd1
Merck and Eisai are teaming up for collaborative trials to test the effects of using combinations of each company’s oncology …
Merck puts HIV drug in shared patent pool
February 24, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Gilead, HIV, Merck, Raltegravir, Roche, isentress
Merck is teaming up with the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) to license its paediatric HIV treatment in developing countries. The …
Merck invests $450m in NGM Biopharma
February 23, 2015Sales and Marketing Merck, NGM Biopharma, NP201, diabetes, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, obesity
Merck is to collaborate on drug development with biotech firm NGM Pharmaceuticals in a $450 million deal. The collaboration will …
Hospira launches biosimilar monoclonal antibody
February 16, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing MSD, Merck, Remicade, biosimilar. hospira, inflectra, infliximab
Hospira has won the race to become the first company to launch a biosimilar version of an anti-TNF biologic, after …
Merck releases insomnia drug in US
February 4, 2015Sales and Marketing FDA, Merck, belsomra, insomnia, orexin, suvorexant
Merck’s insomnia drug Belsomra is now available in the US to treat patients who have difficulty falling asleep or staying …
BMS Opdivo trial scores early goal
January 14, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMS, Merck, cancer nsclc, keytruda, nivolumab, opdivo
A late-stage trial of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s lung cancer drug Opdivo has been stopped early after showing promising results – but …
Lilly, BMS and Merck unite for cancer trials
January 13, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMS, Cancer, Galunisertib, Merck, NSCLC, keytruda, lilly, oncology, opdivo
Lilly will test some of its compounds in combination with rival cancer drugs from Bristol-Myers Squibb and Merck, the companies …
Merck acquires Swiss firm OncoEthix
December 19, 2014Sales and Marketing Cancer, FDA, Merck, OTX015, cubist, keytruda, oncoethix, pembrolizumab
Hot on the heals of its Cubist buyout Merck has confirmed the acquisition of OncoEthix, a Swiss based firm which …
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