On Friday, Merck & Co Inc MRK agreed to acquire CN201, an investigational clinical-stage bispecific antibody for B-cell-associated diseases, from privately-held Curon Biopharmaceutical.
Merck said Friday it's has agreed to acquire an experimental drug targeting B-cell associated diseases for up to $1.3 billion.
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Merck & Co. MRK, +1.21% said Thursday it's discontinuing a late-stage trial of a treatment for patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer after patients experienced a high rate of adverse events. The company said it's notifying study investigators of the decision and telling them patients should stop treatment, which was a fixed dose of vibostolimab, an anti-TIGIT antibody, and pembrolizumab, or Keytruda, Merck's blockbuster cancer drug, in combination with chemotherapy compared to atezolizumab in combination with chemotherapy.
Merck said on Thursday it had discontinued its trial of a combination of its experimental drug and blockbuster therapy Keytruda for the treatment of a type of lung cancer, after an interim analysis showed the drug was unlikely to succeed.
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Goldman Sachs recently discussed with Joe Romanelli, President of Human Health International at Merck & Co Inc MRK, to review Gardasil's performance and future outlook in China.
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Merck (NYSE: MRK) recently reported its Q2 results, with revenues and earnings exceeding our estimates. The company garnered $16.1 billion in revenue and adjusted earnings of $2.28 per share, compared to our estimates of $15.9 billion and $2.20, respectively.
Merck KGaA is seeing a faster-than-expected improvement in its semiconductor materials business, the German pharma and technology company said on Thursday.
Merck & Co Inc MRK reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings and sales results on Tuesday.