Category: Merck & Co

FDA Approves Merck’s Keytruda Combo for Early Breast Cancer Treatment

July 28, 2021
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Merck & Co Inc. said on Tuesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its immunotherapy Keytruda as a treatment for an early form of tough-to-treat breast cancer in combination with chemotherapy. The FDA approval is for treating triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), an aggressive form of the disease with an increased risk of recurrence….

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Merck Signs $356 Million US Supply Deal for Its Experimental COVID-19 Treatment

December 23, 2020
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Merck & Co said on Wednesday it would supply about 60,000–100,000 doses of its experimental COVID-19 treatment to the U.S. government for up to about $356 million. The agreement will help support advanced development and large-scale manufacturing of the company’s investigational therapeutic MK-7110 to treat hospitalized patients with severe or critical COVID-19, the U.S. Department…

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