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FDA approves Liptruzet

May 7, 2013
Sales and Marketing FDA, Merck, liptruzet

Merck is celebrating after its once-daily anti-cholesterol pill Liptruzet was approved by US regulators, expanding its indications. The drug – …

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Pfizer and Merck create major diabetes alliance

April 30, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Merck, Pfizer, diabetes

Pfizer and Merck have unveiled a major new alliance in diabetes which is likely to raise the stakes in the …

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Melanoma breakthrough for Merck

April 26, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, Merck, lambrolizumab, melanoma

Merck’s pipeline has been given a boost by an FDA decision to designate early-stage investigational drug lambrolizumab as a breakthrough …

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HCV agreement for Merck and BMS

April 23, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMS, HCV, Merck

Merck & Co and Bristol-Myers Squibb have signed a non-exclusive agreement to conduct a Phase II trial looking at a …

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Merck opens $120m China factory

April 19, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing China, Merck

Merck is to open a new manufacturing facility in Hangzhou, two decades after the company built its first plant in …

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Big pharma appointments to PhRMA Board

April 15, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Big Pharma, Celgene, Merck, Pfizer, PhRMA

Chairman and chief executive of Celgene Robert Hugin has been elected chairman of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America …

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Merck makes Alzheimer’s deal

March 14, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Merck

Merck is teaming up with Texas-based Luminex Corporation to develop a companion diagnostic to help in its dementia programme. The …

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Merck to close Irish manufacturing unit

March 11, 2013
Manufacturing and Production MSD, Merck

Merck & Co has said that a manufacturing unit in Rathdrum, Ireland will close by the end of 2015 with …

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Merck suffers brain cancer reverse

February 26, 2013
Sales and Marketing Merck, cilengitide

Merck’s oncology programme has suffered a setback as a Phase III trial of its investigational integrin inhibitor cilengitide failed in …

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Merck makes $688m payout

February 18, 2013
Sales and Marketing ENHANCE, Inegy, Merck, Vytorin, investors

Merck has paid out $688 million to end two class-action lawsuits which sprang up after the revelation of disappointing trial …

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Merck planning more manufacturing cutbacks?

February 11, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Merck, restructuring

Merck & Co has said it intends to make additional reductions to its manufacturing network, although the pace of restructuring …

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Facility of the year: 2013 winners announced

February 4, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Biogen, MedImmune, Merck, Novartis, Roche

Three US and three European manufacturing plants have been selected as category winners for the annual Facility of the Year …

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Amgen earmarks $200m for new Singapore plant

January 18, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Amgen, Merck, Singapore

Amgen has unveiled plans to construct a new manufacturing plant in Singapore, its first production facility in Asia. The biotechnology …

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Merck withdraws Tredaptive

January 14, 2013
Sales and Marketing EMA, Merck, tredaptive

Merck is mounting a global operation to withdraw its cholesterol-lowering drug Tredaptive from the market following safety concerns. The company …

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Avastin shows brain cancer benefit

November 20, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, FDA, Merck, Roche, avastin, brain

In a Phase III trial, Roche’s Avastin has helped people with newly-diagnosed glioblastoma (GBM) live longer without their disease worsening. …

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