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About: Merck makes pharmaceutical products to treat several conditions in a number of therapeutic areas, including cardiometabolic disease, cancer, and infections. In cancer, the firm's immuno-oncology platform, led by Keytruda, is a major contributor to overall sales. The company also has a substantial vaccine business aimed at preventing pediatric diseases, as well as Gardasil for human papillomavirus. Additionally, Merck sells animal health-related drugs. From a geographical perspective, 53% of the company's 2025 sales were generated from US human health (pharmaceuticals and vaccines).

Employees: 75,000

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Business Wire
2 days ago
Merck Receives Positive EU CHMP Opinion to Expand Marketing Authorization for ENFLONSIA® (clesrovimab) to Include Children Up to 24 Months of Age Who Remain Vulnerable to Severe RSV Disease Through Their Second RSV Season
RAHWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $MRK #MRK--Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) adopted a positive opinion recommending the approval of an expanded indication for ENFLONSIA® (clesrovimab) to include prevention of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) in children up to 24 months of age at increased risk for severe RSV dis.
Merck Receives Positive EU CHMP Opinion to Expand Marketing Authorization for ENFLONSIA® (clesrovimab) to Include Children Up to 24 Months of Age Who Remain Vulnerable to Severe RSV Disease Through Their Second RSV Season
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Business Wire
2 days ago
Merck Receives Positive EU CHMP Opinion for WELIREG® (belzutifan) in Combination With Lenvatinib for Adults With Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma With a Clear Cell Component (ccRCC) Following Treatment With an Anti-PD-1/PD-L1 Therapy
RAHWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $MRK #MRK--Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today announced the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a positive opinion recommending approval of WELIREG® (belzutifan), Merck's first-in-class oral hypoxia-inducible factor-2 alpha (HIF-2α) inhibitor, plus lenvatinib, the orally available multiple receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) discovered by Eisai, for the treatment of adult p.
Merck Receives Positive EU CHMP Opinion for WELIREG® (belzutifan) in Combination With Lenvatinib for Adults With Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma With a Clear Cell Component (ccRCC) Following Treatment With an Anti-PD-1/PD-L1 Therapy
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MarketBeat
2 days ago
3 Pharmaceutical Stocks That Offer Safety and Growth
Market volatility is unpleasant, but it's important that investors don't force themselves into a false choice between safety and growth. Over the last two years, technology stocks, particularly AI stocks, have driven strong portfolio gains for active and passive investors.
3 Pharmaceutical Stocks That Offer Safety and Growth
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MarketBeat
2 days ago
What Merck KGaA (MRK) Said on Its Q3 Earnings Call
Merck KGaA ETR: MRK raised its full-year 2026 outlook for the third time after faster third-quarter sales growth in its Life Science and Electronics businesses offset pressure on its Healthcare portfolio.
What Merck KGaA (MRK) Said on Its Q3 Earnings Call
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Market Watch
2 days ago
The world's most sophisticated drug companies are putting billions into vaccines — despite the political environment
Look at the promising data for Moderna and Merck's experimental cancer vaccine and the research suggesting the shingles vaccine can delay dementia.
The world's most sophisticated drug companies are putting billions into vaccines — despite the political environment
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Business Wire
3 days ago
Merck to Participate in the Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference in London
RAHWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck to Participate in the Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference in London.
Merck to Participate in the Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference in London
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Benzinga
3 days ago
EXCLUSIVE: Lilly, Gilead Face Near-Term Drug Pricing Risks As Washington Turns Up Heat
The next wave of U.S. drug-price negotiations could put billions of dollars in pharmaceutical revenue under pressure, with Eli Lilly and Co (NYSE:LLY), Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) facing more immediate exposure and Merck & Co‘s (NYSE:MRK) and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co‘s (NYSE:BMY) confronting a potentially bigger test in the years ahead.
EXCLUSIVE: Lilly, Gilead Face Near-Term Drug Pricing Risks As Washington Turns Up Heat
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Business Wire
4 days ago
FDA Approves PIMJETMI® (pimicotinib) for Patients with Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor
DARMSTADT, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck, a leading science and technology company, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved PIMJETMI® (pimicotinib), a once-daily oral colony stimulating factor-1 receptor (CSF-1R) inhibitor, as a systemic treatment for adults with symptomatic tenosynovial giant cell tumor (TGCT) for which surgical resection may cause worsening functional limitation or severe morbidity. “People living with TGCT have long faced difficult tre.
FDA Approves PIMJETMI® (pimicotinib) for Patients with Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor
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Business Wire
5 days ago
Merck Announces Positive Results from Phase 2b Trial of Efinopegdutide in Adults with Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis (MASH) and Stage 2-3 Fibrosis
RAHWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today announced the presentation of positive results from the company's Phase 2b clinical trial that evaluated the safety and efficacy of three doses of once-weekly, subcutaneous efinopegdutide (4 mg, 7 mg and 10 mg), an investigational injectable GLP-1/glucagon receptor co-agonist, versus placebo for the treatment of adults with MASH and stage F2 or F3 liver fibrosis. The findings were prese.
Merck Announces Positive Results from Phase 2b Trial of Efinopegdutide in Adults with Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis (MASH) and Stage 2-3 Fibrosis
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Zacks Investment Research
5 days ago
INVA or MRK: Which Is the Better Value Stock Right Now?
Investors with an interest in Large Cap Pharmaceuticals stocks have likely encountered both Innoviva (INVA) and Merck (MRK). But which of these two stocks presents investors with the better value opportunity right now?
INVA or MRK: Which Is the Better Value Stock Right Now?
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