Merck to Hold First-Quarter 2020 Sales and Earnings Conference Call on April 28
Dateline City: KENILWORTH, N.J. KENILWORTH, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United…
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Medical Professionals Across Merck & Co., Inc., Pfizer Inc., and Eli Lilly and Company Activate to Support Health Systems, First Responders and Patients Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Dateline City: KENILWORTH, N.J. & NEW YORK & INDIANAPOLIS Three leading biopharmaceutical companies have announced…
STAT Plus: FDA asks manufacturers to recall heartburn drugs over traces of a possible carcinogen
After months of deliberation, the Food and Drug Administration has asked all manufacturers of a…
Investigational Drug Vericiguat Significantly Reduced the Risk of the Composite Endpoint of Heart Failure Hospitalization or Cardiovascular Death, Compared to Placebo, When Given in Combination with Available Heart Failure Therapies
Dateline City: KENILWORTH, N.J. Phase 3 VICTORIA Trial is the First Contemporary Outcomes Study Focused…
STAT Plus: Congress set to overhaul the way the U.S. regulates over-the-counter drugs
WASHINGTON — The over-the-counter drug industry is about to get overhauled. Congressional lawmakers tucked a…
STAT Plus: Bristol’s MS drug approval is good news for shareholders but patients will have to wait
A new multiple sclerosis medicine from Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) was approved Thursday by the…
Merck to Donate 300,000 Masks to New Jersey for COVID-19 Emergency Response
Dateline City: KENILWORTH, N.J. Merck is Contributing 300,000 Masks to New Jersey’s Office of Homeland…
STAT Plus: The tables are turned: Chinese regulator scolds a U.S. company for drug-manufacturing problems
The shoe is on the other foot, so to speak. For the past few years,…
India bans exports of drug touted by Trump as potential Covid-19 treatment
The Indian government has banned exports of hydroxychloroquine, the decades-old malaria drug that was touted…
STAT Plus: Biotech in the time of the coronavirus: Stocks are down, but optimistic investors see opportunities ahead
Yesterday, I found out that I’m an “essential person” under Massachusetts’ new stay-at-home order. Should…
Hospital orders for old malaria drugs have spiked amid coronavirus pandemic
As speculation mounted in recent weeks that a pair of old malaria drugs could combat…
WHO is asked to create a voluntary intellectual property pool to develop Covid-19 products
Seeking to widen access to medical products for combating Covid-19, the Costa Rican government has…
STAT Plus: Despite investments and advocacy, pharma’s still making its drugs in batches that can take months — rather than continuously. Why?
WASHINGTON — Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said so-called continuous manufacturing would prevent drug shortages,…
Merck Donates a Half a Million Masks to Support COVID-19 Emergency Response in New York City
Dateline City: KENILWORTH, N.J. KENILWORTH, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In response to the calls for personal protective equipment…
Merck Recommends Rejection of TRC Capital’s “Mini-Tender” Offer
Dateline City: KENILWORTH, N.J. KENILWORTH, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside…
STAT Plus: Pfizer’s top-selling vaccine won’t prevent Covid-19, but could get a boost because of it
Vaccines tend to get a bad reputation among biotech investors. Which makes it easy to…
Opinion: Insulin prices and pharmacy benefit manager rebates: pin the tail on the patient
Over the past 15 years, insulin prices have more than doubled. Pharmaceutical companies have been…
Merck Announces Top-Line Results from Phase 3 Trials Evaluating Gefapixant, an Investigational Treatment for Refractory or Unexplained Chronic Cough
Dateline City: KENILWORTH, N.J. Gefapixant (45 mg Twice Daily) Demonstrated Statistically Significant Decrease in 24-hour…
STAT Plus: Biotech in the time of the coronavirus: A semi-regular column on the outbreak’s impact on drug makers
This is the first in a series of semi-regular columns on the Covid-19 pandemic. In…
STAT Plus: Merck drug reduces cough frequency but taste alterations could cloud prospects
An experimental pill from Merck significantly reduced the frequency of chronic coughing compared to a…
Opinion: Generic ‘identity’ gets lost when companies juggle both generic and brand drugs
We think we know generic drug companies. They challenge patents held by brand firms. They…
STAT Plus: Mallinckrodt loses a court case and is told to pay $650 million in overdue Medicaid rebates
In a setback to Mallinckrodt (MNK), a federal court judge upheld a move by the…
STAT Plus: Novartis is scolded by Finnish regulators over hospital sales of a migraine drug
Regulators in Finland threatened to fine Novartis (NVS) for violating laws governing the distribution of…
Drug makers grounding salespeople as coronavirus impact on business spreads
In another sign that the coronavirus pandemic is fundamentally interrupting the way biopharma conducts business,…
Opinion: Mending the broken social contract for pharmaceutical pricing and innovation
The biopharmaceutical industry is under unprecedented assault by the public and politicians. Hostility over launch…
Update on Phase 3 GY004 for Cediranib and LYNPARZA® (olaparib) in Platinum-Sensitive Relapsed Ovarian Cancer
Dateline City: KENILWORTH, N.J. The Trial Did Not Meet the Primary Endpoint of Progression-Free Survival…
Opinion: Tackling drug shortages with data, AI, legislation, and more
Every quarter since 2014, roughly 150 to 300 drugs have been in short supply in…
PhRMA closes its D.C. headquarters after visitor tests positive for coronavirus
WASHINGTON — The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the Washington lobbying arm for the…
Pace of medical conference shutdowns is accelerating as the coronavirus outbreak spreads
Tanat Chinbunchorn, a physician and HIV prevention researcher, was mid-flight between Bangkok, Thailand, and Boston…
Heart Association admits teaming with Bayer on drug-store aspirin displays was a ‘misstep’
The large red-and-white bins at Walmart pharmacies across the country read, in bold all-caps type:…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Former Gates Foundation chief is ‘very worried’ about coronavirus; FDA does little to clarify CBD rules
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
Opinion: Five years on, biosimilars need support from all health care players
Today marks a milestone for the U.S. biosimilar market: the FDA approved our first biosimilar,…
Listen: Pharma’s response to coronavirus, Google’s appetite for health data, and biotech’s rise in China
Does “The Art of the Deal” cover vaccines? Is patient privacy a relic of the…
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Opinion: Coronavirus spending: an expense — or an investment?
In the context of a looming global pandemic, what does it mean to invest in…
Scientists from Merck and the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Discover Novel Class of Candidate Anti Malaria Agents that Block Multiple Stages of the Lifecycle of the Parasite
Dateline City: KENILWORTH, N.J. & MELBOURNE, Australia Preclinical Data on Candidate Anti Malaria Agents Published…
The coronavirus could help pharma reset its reputation in Washington
WASHINGTON — The coronavirus outbreak could be the pharmaceutical industry’s ticket to saving its reputation…
Merck Announces New Data from Broad HIV Program at CROI 2020
Dateline City: KENILWORTH, N.J. KENILWORTH, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United…
Merck’s KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) Significantly Improved Progression-Free Survival Compared with Brentuximab Vedotin in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma (cHL)
Dateline City: KENILWORTH, N.J. Data from Pivotal Phase 3 KEYNOTE-204 Study to be Presented at…
Trump’s tone toward pharma shifts, as he looks to drug makers to help with coronavirus response
WASHINGTON — President Trump had billed the meeting with pharmaceutical executives as a scolding waiting…
STAT Plus: Novartis generic unit to pay $195 million to settle price fixing charges
In the latest fallout from a federal probe into generic drug price fixing, the Sandoz…
STAT Plus: Sanofi to pay nearly $12 million for illegally using a charity to pay kickbacks to Medicare patients
Sanofi (SNY) has agreed to pay nearly $11.9 million to resolve allegations that donations paid…
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STAT Plus: Cardinal Health to pay $8 million for failing to prevent bribes paid in China
Cardinal Health (CAH), one of the largest pharmaceutical wholesalers, agreed to pay more than $8…
FDA approves a generic version of the drug Martin Shkreli monopolized
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a generic version of Daraprim, the anti-infective…
The FDA identifies its first drug shortage due to coronavirus but won’t name the medicine
For the first time since the coronavirus outbreak began, the Food and Drug Administration has…
‘Reject Big Pharma’: Anti-vaccine activists co-opt a populist slogan to try to repeal a state immunization law
The advertisements plastered across city bus stops and flooding television airwaves across Maine make a…
Merck to Present at the Cowen Health Care Conference
Dateline City: KENILWORTH, N.J. KENILWORTH, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Gilead accelerates coronavirus trial; FDA says coronavirus vaccine will take time
Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day is on the way. This is a fast-paced…
STAT Plus: Health care conference about conflicts of interest has a conflict itself, say critics who won’t attend
In an effort to better understand how conflicts of interest may affect health care, the…
Opinion: For medicine regulators, reliance is a global imperative
It’s never been more challenging to make sure that medicines meet standards for quality, safety,…
STAT Plus: Tracking pharmaceuticals in the supply chain remains difficult due to sloppy paperwork
As Americans debate whether to import prescription drugs from Canada to relieve rising costs, a…