BioSpace News Archive

Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that Dr. Christine (“Kricket”) E. Seidman, professor, Harvard Medical School, and Kathy J. Warden, chairman, chief executive officer and president, Northrop Grumman Corporation, will join the company’s Board of Directors effective March 16, 2020.

The Hegra Conference of Nobel Laureates was officially launched today in AlUla, Saudi Arabia.

Maxar Technologies, a trusted partner and innovator in Earth Intelligence and Space Infrastructure, announced that it was selected by NASA to perform an in-space assembly demonstration using a lightweight robotic arm.

Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AIMT), a biopharmaceutical company developing and commercializing treatments for potentially life-threatening food allergies, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved PALFORZIA™ [Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) Allergen Powder-dnfp].

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) today announced that the company has withdrawn its application in the European Union (EU) for the combination of Opdivo (nivolumab) and Yervoy (ipilimumab) for the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) based on data from CheckMate -227.