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MERCK & CO.

Merck & Co. Inc. is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Drug treating high cholesterol, hypertension, and heart disease are among the company’s best-sellers. Merck also makes a broad range of drugs to treat other therapeutic areas, including Propencia for male pattern baldness; Singulair for asthma, and Fosamax for osteoporosis. Merck also creates vaccines for children and adults, most recently getting FDA approval for its cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil.

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Merck Settles Investor Suits Over Cholesterol Drugmore

The drug maker agreed to pay $688 million to settle the two lawsuits that said it harmed investors by delaying the...

U.S. Growth Rate Picks Up to 2%more

More positive consumer activity and a healthier housing sector outweighed the effects of the drought, caution on the...

Has Merck Found The Heir To Fosamax?more

Merck's new bone drug appears to work, according to a clinical trial of the osteoporosis treatment that was stopped...

Merck Beats As Singulair Rakes In The Cash, But Patents Expire Soonmore

Merck beat top-line estimates as it enjoys the benefits of Singulair, its blockbuster drug that raked inn more than $1...

F.D.A Rejects Merck’s Application for Combination Drugmore

The proposed new drug would combine Merck’s drug Zetia, which lowers “bad” cholesterol, with the generic version...

GSK-Merck back new developing world cancer charitymore

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BGI, Merck Announce Biomarker Collaboration - Bio-IT Worldmore

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Merck aims at hepatitis, c. difficile drugs | Reutersmore

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The head of infectious diseases at Merck & Co said the company's future all-oral treatments...

UPDATE 3-Intercell vaccine batch recalled due to problemmore

to a situation where possibly the vaccine would not be as effective," he said. U.S. group Merck & Co (MRK.

UPDATE 2-Intercell vaccine batch recalled due to problemmore

the travel market. Intercell shares have lost more than half their value since the start of the year. Merck & Co...

A.M. Vitals: Abbott's Niaspan Setback May Reverberate With Merckmore

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U.S. stocks follow Microsoft, retailers highermore

weaker-than-forecast jobless claims and first-quarter economic growth. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DOW:DJIA)...

The close: Dow, TSX reboundmore

7 per cent. However, Home Depot Inc. and Johnson & Johnson fell 1.2 per cent each, while Merck & Co. Inc.

No heart benefit seen in adding niacin to statinmore

had a history of heart disease were treated with Abbott Laboratories' Niaspan, a nearly $1 billion-a-year seller, and...

Feds say Abbott cholesterol drug doesn't prevent heart problemsmore

the so-called "bad" cholesterol, was already well-controlled. Patients in the study were treated with Abbott...

Taking niacin does not prevent heart problems: NIHmore

the so-called "bad" cholesterol, was already well-controlled. Patients in the study were treated with Abbott...

Abbott Cholesterol Combination Fails to Protect Heart in Studymore

be part of the next wave of heart drugs. The findings may jeopardize other medicines in development, including Merck...

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demand for treatments. BeiGene Ltd. hired 20 U.S.-educated scientists from companies including Johnson & Johnson...

Merck Drags Stocks Lowermore

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Stocks Waver Following Weak Datamore

Nasdaq trading higher. More on Stock Market Market Activity Johnson & Johnson| JNJ Dow Jones Industrial Average|...

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