Merck

Merck Wins Another FDA Approval for Blockbuster Keytruda Merck & Co arrived just two months after GSK celebrated a positive phase III result with its checkpoint inhibitor Jemperli as a first-line therapy for endometrial cancer. Keytruda (pembrolizumab) from Merck improved progression-free survival (PFS) vers...

Patients who are battling this crippling ailment find that chronic refractory cough (CRC), also known as refractory chronic cough (RCC) or unexplained chronic cough (UCC), proves to be a major burden. DelveInsight’s analysis estimates that in the US, there were approximately 12.7 million 12-month prevalent episodes...

GSK Acquires Sierra Oncology for USD 1.9 Billion GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to buy Sierra Oncology and its lead drug assets, momelotinib, for anemia caused by the blood malignancy myelofibrosis. GSK is paying USD 55 per share in cash for Sierra, a 39% premium to the company's closing share price yesterday, valui...

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Merck, Gilead  to co-develop combined HIV treatments Merck and Gilead have announced a collaboration to investigate Gilead’s investigational capsid inhibitor, lenacapavir, and Merck’s investigational nucleoside reverse transcriptase translocation inhibitor, islatravir, into a two-drug regimen.  Both...

Gilead's Kite Receives Expanded Approval for its CAR-T Yescarta's in Follicular Lymphoma  Gilead’s Kite has successfully secured success in launching the first-ever chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in the Follicular Lymphoma Market. The US FDA approved the Yescarta for adults with relapsed or ...

KaliVir, Astellas Pharma forms a licensing deal for VET2-L2 oncolytic virus KaliVir Immunotherapeutics and Astellas Pharma entered into a worldwide exclusive licensing agreement for the development, research, and commercialization of VET2-L2 to widen the horizon of therapeutic approaches available in the Immuno-...

Roche receives FDA authorization for the quantitative COVID-19 antibody test Roche has got an authorization from the FDA for a more accurate COVID-19 blood test capable of measuring the levels of specific antibodies, which target the cell-unlocking spike protein of coronavirus. The company anticipates the tes...

AstraZeneca/ Oxford resumes the trial of their COVID-19 vaccine in the UK After receiving a go-ahead from the UK’s Medicines Health Regulatory Authority, AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford have resumed the trials of their experimental coronavirus candidate AZD1222 in the country. A rapid review by the tria...

Merck’s Gefapixant could become the first drug approved for Chronic Cough ATS 2020 Virtual is happening from August 5 to August 10, and it is exciting to watch major Respiratory /Pulmonary Pharmaceutical companies and their key presentations. Merck is worth mentioning here, as it is presenting key posters and...