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Drug giants team up for Alzheimer’s
February 5, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Accelerating Medicines Partnership, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer’s, GSK, Merck, National Institutes of Health, Pfizer
The top US medical research agency has brought together a ‘dream team’ of big pharma partners to help battle against …
Merck KGaA head jumping ship to Lanxess
January 29, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Merck, Merck KGaA, lanxess, zachert
Merck KGaA’s chief financial officer Matthias Zachert is exiting the firm in order to fulfill a chief executive appointment at …
Merck recalls Liptruzet on packaging defects
January 20, 2014Manufacturing and Production FDA, Merck, US, liptruzet, recall
Merck & Co has been forced to undertake a massive recall of its combination cholesterol-lowering drug Liptruzet in the US …
Reprieve for Merck’s vorapaxar
January 16, 2014Sales and Marketing FDA, Merck, heart, vorapaxar
An FDA committee has voted that Merck’s troubled heart drug vorapaxar should be approved by the US regulator. The advisory …
Merck, Reckitt Benckiser fined by French watchdog
December 20, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing FCA, Merck, Reckitt Benckiser, generics, subutex
Merck & Co and Reckitt Benckiser have collectively been fined millions of euros by French authorities over their role in …
Merck develops diabetes game
December 17, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Gamification, Merck, ayogo, diabetes, type 2
Merck has announced it is working with digital health specialist Ayogo to develop a new game aimed at helping type …
UK government doubles dementia funding
December 11, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Cameron, Merck, Obama, dementia
UK prime minister David Cameron has announced that the government is to increase funding research into dementia, spending £52 million …
Pfizer cuts manufacturing again with plant closure
December 9, 2013Manufacturing and Production Ireland, Merck, Pfizer, Taylor, facility
A packaging plant in Ireland is the latest to come into the cross-hairs of the people at Pfizer tasked with …
Merck to close Irish plant with loss of 570 jobs
December 2, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Ireland, MSD, Merck, job cuts, swords
Merck & Co has said it plans to close down a facility in Ireland with the loss of around 570 …
GSK makes £425 million Aspen sale
November 21, 2013Sales and Marketing GSK, Merck, South Africa, aspen
GlaxoSmithKline has raised £425 million with the sale of 28.2 million shares that it has in Africa’s biggest drugmaker as …
Merck’s melanoma vaccine impresses
November 19, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing MK-3475, Merck, Roche, melanoma
Merck has posted impressive results for its new melanoma vaccine MK-3475 as it looks to vie for a place in …
Merck and J&J invest in Chinese manufacturing
November 18, 2013Manufacturing and Production J&J, JJ, Merck, manufacturing
Merck KGaA and Johnson & Johnson have both announced new manufacturing projects in China, suggesting investigations into corruption by the …
Roche poised to get even bigger in biomanufacturing
October 15, 2013Manufacturing and Production Jobs, Merck, Roche, cuts
Roche plans to invest a massive 800 million Swiss francs ($882m) over the next five years to increase manufacturing capacity …
Merck axes 8,500 more jobs
October 2, 2013Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Jobs, Merck, R&D, cuts
Merck makes big changes at the top
October 1, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Merck, Merck Serono
Merck has reshuffled its leadership as Belén Garijo is appointed to be its new president and chief executive of Merck …
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