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Merck (MRK) reachead $126.04 at the closing of the latest trading day, reflecting a +0.21% change compared to its last close.
Merck (MRK) exercises the option that will convert the collaboration deal with partner Orion for prostate cancer candidate opevesostat into a license agreement.
The stock price of Elanco (NYSE: ELAN), an animal health products company, saw a 20% fall on Thursday, June 27, after the company announced a delay in expected approval of two drugs. In comparison, Merck stock (NYSE: MRK), which also has an animal health business, was down 1%.
Merck's (MRK) Winrevair is poised to become the first activin signaling inhibitor therapy for PAH in Europe if approved by the European Commission.
Merck's (MRK) vaccine, Capvaxive, gets unanimous recommendation by a CDC committee for adults aged 65 years and older for pneumococcal vaccination and those with certain other underlying conditions.
The FDA's CRL to Merck (MRK) and its partner Daiichi Sankyo for the patritumab deruxtecan BLA is based on observations made on inspection of a third-party manufacturing facility.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined to approve Merck and Japan-based Daiichi Sankyo's lung cancer treatment, which belongs to a lucrative class of cancer therapies that work like "guided missiles".
China's National Drug Administration has granted Merck's KEYTRUDA therapy a licence for first-line treatment of certain stomach cancer patients in the country.
Merck & Co's Frankfurt-listed shares fell 10% on Tuesday morning after the pharmaceutical giant said it had decided to call off a Phase III trial of its cancer drug Xevinapant, in an unexpected turn that threatens to undermine confidence in the company's research abilities.
Merck (MRK) closed the most recent trading day at $132.96, moving +1.71% from the previous trading session.
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