Merck & Co.

As a leader in biopharmaceuticals, we focus on scientific innovation to deliver medicines and vaccines that may help millions of people around the world.

We’re a global health care company working to deliver innovative health solutions through our medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies and animal health products. We’re focused on discovering new solutions for today and the future.

We aspire to be the premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company. We’re at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions that advance the prevention and treatment of diseases in people and animals.

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Sherif Chalifa, Business Analyst for Quality Systems
As I reflect on my time since joining Merck earlier this year, I am thrilled to say that it has been an excellent experience thus far.
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Many companies have foreshadowed deals to come during earnings calls in recent days. The return of M&A would be a welcome sign for the biopharma ecosystem, which has been battered by macro headwinds such as tariffs and the possibility of new drug pricing pressures.
The American Association for Cancer Research’s annual conference continued Tuesday with Marengo Therapeutics making progress against colorectal cancers resistant to PD-1 therapies and BriaCell highlighting potential response biomarkers.
As Q1 2025 earnings season continues, tariffs remain top of mind for pharma CEOs and investors. Meanwhile, the American Association for Cancer Research’s annual event kicks off this year’s oncology conference season. Plus, will the FDA become politicized under HHS Secretary RFK Jr.?
What a CEO makes can be staggering from the seat of a rank-and-file employee, whose pay is typically in the five-to-six digit range.
The FDA is currently reviewing Merck’s sBLA for Keytruda in head and neck cancer, with a target action date of June 23.
Proquad is rarely a newsmaker from Merck’s earnings, but this time around, the U.S. has had a series of measles outbreaks. Sales of the vaccine were $539 million for the quarter, a 5% decline from the same period in 2024.
Executives don’t just get paid big bucks to operate a company. Sometimes they get paid millions to walk away.
Johnson & Johnson’s Joaquin Duato is no longer the highest paid CEO in pharma. Meanwhile, just two women make the top 10.
Merck has not disclosed which of its peptide therapies it plans to develop oral formulations for.
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