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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 Hep C Drug Approvedmore

WHITEHOUSE STATION, NJ (TheStreet) --U.S. regulators on Friday approved a new hepatitis C drug from Merck(MRK).

UPDATE 1-U.S. FDA clears new Merck drug for hepatitis Cmore

Merck & Co (MRK.N) won U.S. approval on Friday to sell a new drug considered a major advance against the liver...

Early Treatment Could Avert Millions of AIDS Cases, Study Showsmore

City, California-based Gilead, New York-based Bristol- Myers, Abbott Laboratories of Abbott Park, Illinois, German...

Takeda offers $12 bn for Swiss drugs firm Nycomedmore

It won US approval in March, following earlier delays, where Forest Laboratories has the marketing rights.

Study: It's OK to Give Shingles, Pneumococcal Vaccines At the Same Tim...more

these two important vaccines,? the study authors write. by the end of 2008, CDC stats show. A Merck spokeswoman tells...

Merck Announces Successful Completion Of Tender Offer For Shares Of In...more

Stock quotes in this article:MRK Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today...

UK's NICE backs J&J drug for rheumatoid arthritismore

golimumab, is a follow-up drug to J&J' s arthritis blockbuster Remicade. Both drugs are sold in Europe by Merck...

Caterpillar is absolutely crushing itmore

by few physical assets and makes a product software -- that consists of pure thought. Or pillmakers like Merck (MRK)...

Big Pharma Bets on a Novel Cancer Curemore

a leukemia-type disorder. The approach has led to three other approved blood cancer drugs from Japan's Eisai, Merck...

Wall Street ends higher, led by defensive stocksmore

gained 0.9 percent. Many defensive shares have been on an upward trajectory since about mid-March. Shares of Merck...

Early AIDS Treatment Slashes HIV Transmission 96% in Studymore

City, California-based Gilead, New York-based Bristol- Myers, Abbott Laboratories of Abbott Park, Illinois, German...

US STOCKS-Wall St ends higher but still playing defensemore

gained 0.9 percent. Many defensive shares have been on an upward trajectory since about mid-March. Shares of Merck...

Stocks Rise, Commodities Erase Drop as Dollar, Treasuries Fallmore

moved to curb lending and Cisco Systems Inc. forecast earnings that trailed analysts��� estimates. International...

Stocks Finish Higher as Commodities Fight Backmore

Stock Market Stocks Snap Three-Day Winning Streak Market Activity Dow Jones Industrial Average| ^DJI Pfizer Inc.

The close: Dow up, TSX downmore

cent, but Teck Resources Ltd. rose 0.6 per cent. Meanwhile, economically defensive U.S. stocks were strong.

Good News on AIDS Treatment Boosts Drugmakersmore

also for the companies that make those same drugs, including Abbott Labs, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences,...

UPDATE 6-Japan's Takeda in talks with Nycomed, deal may exceed $12 bln...more

won U.S. approval in March, following earlier delays, where Forest Laboratories has the marketing rights.

Takeda in talks with Nycomed, deal reportedly over $12 billionmore

won U.S. approval in March, following earlier delays, where Forest Laboratories has the marketing rights.

Early drug treatment greatly cuts spread of HIVmore

study were made available by Abbott Laboratories, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc, Bristol-Myers Squibb,...

Takeda in talks with Nycomed, deal may be $14.2 bnmore

in the United States in March, following earlier delays, where Forest Laboratories has the marketing rights.

The New Old Age: Portrait of Parkinson���s Diseasemore

push to seek biomarkers that can help researchers develop better treatments. Seven companies ��� Abbott Laboratories,...

UPDATE 5-Japan's Takeda in talks with Nycomed, deal reportedly $14.2 b...more

in the United States in March, following earlier delays, where Forest Laboratories has the marketing rights.

Takeda in talks to Nycomed in ��8.6 billion deal - reportmore

March, following earlier delays, where Forest Laboratories (FRX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) has the marketing rights.

Howard Marks's Missives, Now for the Massesmore

was called a Nifty Fifty investor. It bought the stocks of the best companies in America: IBM, Xerox, Merck, Coke, etc.

Study: It���s OK to Give Shingles, Pneumococcal Vaccines At the Same T...more

New research suggests that contrary to the package label for Merck���s shingles vaccine, it���s not necessary to wait...

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