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GSK shingles vaccine on form

December 19, 2014
Sales and Marketing GSK, HZ/su, Merck, Vaccine, Zostavax, shingles

GlaxoSmithKline will be celebrating following the successful Phase III study of its shingles vaccine HZ/su that has met its primary …

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Big pharma spent $112 billion on R&D in 2013

December 17, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Merck, Pfizer, R&D, Roche, data, global data, research

The top 30 pharma companies spent a combined total of $112 billion on research and development last year. Calculated to …

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GSK Ebola vaccine gets EU support

December 17, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EC, EU, Ebola, Europe, GSK, Merck, Takeda, Vaccine, WHO, johnson

A newly-formed European consortium is to help advance the development of GlaxoSmithKline’s promising Ebola vaccine. The consortium is backed by …

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Gavi pledges $300 million for Ebola vaccines

December 12, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing GAVI, GSK, GlaxoSmithKline, J&J, JJ, Merck, Vaccine, WHO, newlink

The global vaccines alliance Gavi has committed to buying Ebola vaccines as soon as the World Health Organization recommends one …

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Antibiotic resistance could kill 10 million a year

December 11, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Antibiotics, Cancer, KPMG, Merck, david cameron, rand

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria will kill an extra 10 million people a year by 2050 if the problem is not tackled soon, …

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Updated: Merck buys antibiotics specialist Cubist

December 8, 2014
Sales and Marketing Antibiotics, Merck, Novartis, cubicin, cubist, eumer

Merck has purchased US antibiotics maker Cubist in a deal valued at $9.5 billion. The acquisition values Cubist at around …

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Merck sells manufacturing facility to Sanofi

December 5, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Merck, Merial, Puerto Rico, Sanofi, manufacturing

Sanofi’s animal health unit Merial is acquiring Merck’s manufacturing facility in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico. The proposed transaction requires the nod …

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Merck Ebola vaccine shows promise

December 4, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ebola, Merck, VSV-ZEBOV, WHO, hug, newlink genetics

Merck and NewLink Genetics’ experimental Ebola vaccine has shown no major side effects in its first trial according to the …

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Merck revenue falls

October 28, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Frazier, Merck, Q3, Victrelis, hep C, sovaldi

Merck has posted a set of disappointing financials for the latest quarter as it cuts cost across its business to …

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BMS sues Merck over new melanoma drug

September 8, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMS, FDA, Merck, PD-1 inhibitors, Yervoy, keytruda

Things are getting ugly between Bristol-Myers Squibb and Merck as the former company began legal proceedings against the latter over …

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Merck surprise winner in PD-1 race

September 5, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Merck, melanoma, pd-1

Merck has become the first company to bring a new class of cancer drug to the US market after the …

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US rivals Pfizer and Merck team up for lung cancer

August 27, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Merck, NSCLC, Roche, Xalkori, melanoma, pembrolizumab

The two biggest rival US pharma firms have joined forces to help develop a new combination treatment for certain non-small …

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Merck and Advaxis team up on immuno-oncology

August 26, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development ASCO, Merck, immunology, pd-1, pembrolizumab

Advaxis and Merck have signed a research deal to investigational Merck’s PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab in combination with Advaxis’ listeria-based cancer …

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PD-1 cancer race heats up as Merck takes lead

July 2, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, Cancer, Merck, melanoma, mk3475, oncology, pembrolizumab

Merck’s oncology drug pembrolizumab has taken a big step towards becoming Europe’s first PD-1 cancer treatment as the EMA accepts …

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Merck buys Idenix

June 10, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing HCV, IDX21437, IDX21459, Merck, hep C, idenix

Merck is to improve its pipeline of hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatments by splashing out $3.85 billion on biopharma firm …

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