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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The U.S. Attorney’s Office was busy indicting nine people for charges related to insider trading. Some charges were unrelated, but three were specific to the biopharma industry.
Merck’s Phase III trial studying Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for unresected locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) failed to meet the primary endpoint.
Women of color continue to be trailblazers in the life science industry, proving that they can be just as, if not more, successful than their peers - even if it isn’t always easy.
Sanofi has terminated a development agreement with Regulus in Alport syndrome, while Merck reaches the point of futility in a Phase III colorectal cancer trial.
The delay is due, in part, to some internal Seagen actions, including a data readout for its bladder cancer drug Padcev, as well as a legal matter between Seagen and Daiichi Sankyo.
The agreement with Merck brings $290 million upfront to Orion to access the latter’s investigational candidate, ODM-208, for mCPRC and other related drugs.
Early data from Amgen’s ongoing trial on Lumakras for non-small cell lung cancer hinted at positive results from what could be a transformative combination of drugs versus cancer.
Merck is in late-stage discussions to acquire Seagen for about $40 billion according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Even though the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be under control, it’s clear that it’s not over, with the rise of more subvariants. Read on for more details.
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