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Pharma News for Merck, BMS, Sanofi, Juvena
Merck’s KEYTRUDA as Adjuvant Therapy for RCC Patients; BMS Receives Positive CHMP Opinion for CAR T Cell Therapy Abecma for Multiple Myeloma; FDA Approves Dupixent for Eosinophilic Esophagitis; Juvena Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation for JUV-161; European Commission Authorizes GSK’s Omjjara; ENHERTU Granted Priority Review in the US for for metastatic HER2-positive Solid Tumors

Merck’s KEYTRUDA Reduced the Risk of Death by 38% Versus Placebo as Adjuvant Therapy for Patients With Renal Cell Cancer (RCC) at an Increased Risk of Recurrence Following Nephrectomy Merck, also known as MSD beyond the United States and Canada, has revealed findings from the Phase III KEYNOTE-564 trial, which a...

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Pharma News for AskBio, Merck, SELLAS, RemeGen
Bayer’s AskBio Initiates Phase II GenePHIT Trial; FDA Approves Merck’s KEYTRUDA Plus Chemoradiotherapy as Treatment for Stage III-IVA Cervical Cancer; FDA Fast Track Designation to SELLAS Life Sciences R/R AML; RemeGen’s RC88; Shorla Oncology Announces FDA Filing Acceptance of New Drug Application for Novel Formulation to Treat Breast and Ovarian Cancer; Tonix Pharma’s TNX-102 SL for Fibromyalgia

Bayer’s AskBio initiates Phase II GenePHIT trial in Congestive Heart Failure Merck, also recognized as MSD in regions beyond the United States and Canada, has officially announced that the FDA has approved for the use of KEYTRUDA, Merck's anti-PD-1 therapy, in conjunction with chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for treatin...

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Pharma News for Merck, AbbVie, Abbisko
Merck to Acquire Harpoon Therapeutics; Novo Nordisk Enters Into Collaborations with Omega Therapeutics and Cellarity; AbbVie’s Lutikizumab’s Phase II Trial Result for Hidradenitis Suppurativa; Abbisko’s CSF-1R Inhibitor Pimicotinib (ABSK021); Cabaletta Bio’s CABA-201; FDA Grants Fast Track” Designation for Soligenix’s Dusquetide

Lutikizumab Showed Positive Results in a Phase II Trial of Adults with Moderate to Severe Hidradenitis Suppurativa as Program Advances to Phase III AbbVie has reported the results of Phase II trials indicating that adults experiencing moderate to severe hidradenitis suppurativa, and who had previously not respon...

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Pharma News for Eisai, Biogen, Merck, BMS, Kyverna
Eisai Submits Marketing Authorization Application for Tasurgratinib; CHMP Issues Positive Opinion for Biogen’s SKYCLARYS; European Commission Approves Merck’s KEYTRUDA + Chemotherapy HER2-ve Gastric or GEJ Adenocarcinoma; BMS Provides Update on RELATIVITY-123 Trial; Kyverna Therapeutics Granted FDA Fast Track Designation for KYV-101; Verrica and Torii Pharma Announces Positive Top-line Results from a Confirmatory Phase 3 Trial of TO-208

Eisai Submits Marketing Authorization Application In Japan for Anticancer Agent Tasurgratinib For Biliary Tract Cancer With FGFR2 Gene Fusion Eisai Co., Ltd. has officially submitted a request for marketing authorization in Japan for tasurgratinib succinate, its internally developed tyrosine kinase inhibitor tar...

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Pharma News for Merck, Ipsen, bluebird bio
Merck and Moderna Initiate Study to Evaluate V940; FDA Approves Vertex and CRISPR Therapeutics’ CASGEVY for SCD; Novartis Updated on its Investigational Iptacopan Phase III Study; FDA Grants Priority Review for New Drug Application for Elafibranor; FDA Approves bluebird bio’s LYFGENIA for Patients SCD; FDA Fast Track Designation for DMD Gene Therapy

Merck and Moderna Initiate INTerpath-002, a Phase III Study Evaluating V940 in Combination with KEYTRUDA for Adjuvant Treatment of Patients with Certain Types of Resected NSCLC Merck (also known as MSD outside the United States and Canada) and Moderna, Inc. have commenced the INTerpath-002 trial—a crucial Phase ...

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Pharma News for Merck, Roche, AbbVie, Abbisko Pfizer
FDA Grants Priority Review to Merck’s Application for KEYTRUDA Plus Padcev; Roche and Carmot Therapeutics’s Definitive Merger Agreement; AbbVie to Acquire ImmunoGen; FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation to LP-284; Merck Announces Commercialization Agreement With Abbisko; Pfizer and Valneva Complete Recruitment for Phase 3 VALOR Trial

FDA Grants Priority Review to Merck’s Application for KEYTRUDA Plus Padcev for the First-Line Treatment of Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Cancer Merck, operating as MSD internationally, reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has prioritized the review of a supplementar...

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Another Feather in the Cap for Xtandi and Keytruda — The Two Main Cancer Drugs

The FDA has approved label extensions for two of the most crucial cancer medications globally—Merck’s Keytruda and Pfizer and Astellas’ Xtandi. Keytruda’s expanded indication now includes stomach cancer, permitting its usage alongside chemotherapy for first-line treatment in patients with locally advanced unresecta...

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Pharma News for Bayer, Merck, Ayala, GARDP, AstraZeneca
New Asundexian Phase III Study Result; Zibotentan/Dapagliflozin Combination Demonstrated Significant Albuminuria Reduction Chronic Kidney Disease; Orphan Drug Designation to Rhenium Obisbemeda; FDA Approves Merck’s KEYTRUDA Plus Gemcitabine and Cisplatin for Biliary Tract Cancer; Orphan Drug Designation to Ayala’s AL102; GARDP Announces Successful Phase 3 Trial of of Uncomplicated Gonorrhea

Positive Results Announced in Largest Pivotal Phase 3 Trial of a First-in-Class Oral Antibiotic to Treat Uncomplicated Gonorrhea The Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP), in partnership with Innoviva, Inc. (Nasdaq: INVA), had announced a significant milestone. They revealed that zolif...

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Antibody-drug Conjugates in Oncology: An Overview of the Current and Future Treatment Landscape

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are becoming more prominent in the cancer treatment market. Antibody-drug conjugates are one of the most rapidly increasing anticancer treatments. This approach uses a mAb attached to a cytotoxic payload via a chemical linker that is directed towards a target antigen expressed on the...

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Pharma News Updates for Merck, Sanofi, GSK, Hinova, Endogena, Amylyx
Merck’s Keytruda Wins Another FDA Approval; Sanofi Pauses Trial of Myasthenia Gravis Drug, tolebrutinib; FDA Approves GlaxoSmithKline’s Jesduvroq; FDA IND Application Clearance for Hinova’s HP518; FDA Fast Track Designation to Endogena’s EA-2353; Amylyx Updates on Global Phase 3 PHOENIX Trial

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...

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