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Belén Garijo appointed as Deputy CEO of Merck
expresspharma
July 15, 2020
Belén Garijo has also been appointed as the vice chairman of the company's executive board.
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EU secures potential COVID-19 drugs from Roche, Germany’s Merck – source
expresspharma
July 10, 2020
The deals cover Roche’s arthritis drug RoActemra and Merck’s multiple sclerosis drug Rebif - both seen as potential COVID-19 therapies - and will secure supplies for any of the 27 European Union member states wanting to buy them.
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US FDA declines to approve Merck and Eisai’s liver cancer combo therapy
expresspharma
July 10, 2020
The FDA's complete response letter cited lack of sufficient evidence that the Keytruda-Lenvima combination therapy had a meaningful advantage over available treatments for the condition.
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Merck Inks $425M Oncology Deal with Foghorn Therapeutics
contractpharma
July 09, 2020
To discover and develop novel oncology therapeutics against transcription factor target.
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Merck initiates first clinical trial of TLR7 and 8 inhibitor as a potential treatment for severe symptoms of COVID-19 infection
worldpharmanews
July 06, 2020
Merck, a leading science and technology company, announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its investigational new drug application (IND) for M5049 for the treatment of patients with Covid-19 pneumonia.
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Linnaeus Announces Clinical Trial Collaboration Agreement with Merck
americanpharmaceuticalreview
July 03, 2020
Linnaeus Therapeutics has entered into a clinical collaboration agreement with Merck to evaluate the combination of its lead investigational product candidate LNS8801, and Merck's anti-PD-1 therapy ...
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Yumanity Therapeutics signs drug development deal with Merck
pharmaceutical-technology
June 28, 2020
US-based Yumanity Therapeutics has signed a research collaboration and licence agreement with Merck (MSD) to develop new therapies for neurodegenerative diseases.
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EMA to consider expanding use of Merck/Pfizer's Bavencio
pharmatimes
June 23, 2020
The European Medicines Agency has validated for review Merck and Pfizer's application to market Bavencio (avelumab) for first-line maintenance treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (UC).
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Merck and Pfizer’s SGLT2 inhibitor STEGLATRO meets primary endpoint in VERTIS CV trial
pharmaceutical-business-review
June 18, 2020
Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, and Pfizer Inc., announced the presentation of results from the Phase 3 VERTIS CV cardiovascular (CV) outcomes trial that evaluated STEGLATRO (ertugliflozin) ...
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PeptiDream and Merck partner to develop Covid-19 therapeutics
pharmaceutical-technology
June 15, 2020
Japanese biopharmaceutical firm PeptiDream has partnered with Merck (MSD) to discover and develop new peptide therapeutics which could neutralise SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19.