Merck & Co., Inc. and Roche Expand Agreement in Fight Against Chronic Hepatitis C

WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today that it has signed a new non-exclusive agreement with Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), through the companies' respective subsidiaries, for the global promotion, upon appropriate marketing approvals, of VICTRELIS™ (boceprevir) as part of a triple combination therapy regimen with peginterferon alfa and ribavirin (peg/riba).
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