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Breast cancer drug Lynparza reduces risk of death by 28% in patients diagnosed early, clinical trial shows

About 87.5% of patients treated with the drug were alive after six years, compared to 83.2% who received a placebo.

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Viking Plummets After Merck Inks A $2.01 Billion Obesity Deal — With Someone Else

Merck threw its hat into the obesity race on Wednesday, inking a deal worth up to $2.01 billion with Hansoh Pharma for its weight-loss drug.

Investors Business Daily

Vaccine misinformation distorts science – a biochemist explains how RFK Jr. and his lawyer’s claims threaten public health

Vaccinations provide significant protection for the public against infectious diseases and substantially reduce health care costs. Therefore, it is noteworthy that President-elect Donald Trump wants Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a leading critic of childhood vaccination, to be secretary of Health and Human Services.

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AbbVie Takes On Pfizer And Merck With Its Next Leg Of Growth. Will AbbVie Stock Come Back?

AbbVie has a lofty goal for 2025 — and a big move in cancer treatment could stoke beleaguered AbbVie stock.

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Merck Reveals Mixed Data From Keytruda/Lynparza Regime In Ovarian Cancer

Merck's ovarian cancer trial met its primary endpoint, while lymphoma trial data set the Phase 3 dose for zilovertamab vedotin at 1.75 mg/kg.

Benzinga

How Is Merck's Stock Performance Compared to Other Pharmaceuticals Stocks?

Merck has underperformed the pharmaceuticals industry over the past year, but analysts are highly optimistic about the stock’s prospects.

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Merck & Co Unusual Options Activity For December 02

Deep-pocketed investors have adopted a bearish approach towards Merck Co (NYSE:MRK), and it's something market players shouldn't ignore. Our tracking of public options records at Benzinga unveiled this significant move today. The identity of these investors remains unknown, but such a substantial move in MRK usually suggests something big is…

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Nvidia's Profit Ruled Last Quarter — Now It's These 8 Stocks' Turn

Nvidia reported third-quarter profit that doubled — putting it near the top of the S&P 500's growth. But look for profit growth elsewhere.

Investors Business Daily

Merck's WINREVAIR Achieves Results in PAH Study, Trial Ends Early on Efficacy

Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, announced today positive topline results from the Phase 3 ZENITH study evaluating WINREVAIR (sotatercept-csrk) in adults with pulmonary arterial

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Merck Spends Up To $3.3 Billion In An Insurance Policy Against Summit Therapeutics

Merck is playing defense against Summit Therapeutics with a $3.3 billion licensing deal announced Thursday for a cancer drug.

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Merck & Co. Stock: Is Wall Street Bullish or Bearish?

Despite Merck & Co.’s underperformance relative to the broader market over the past year, Wall Street analysts remain bullish about the stock’s prospects.

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Merck Spooks Investors With A Guidance Cut In The Wake Of Light Diabetes, HPV Shot Sales

Merck spooked investors on Thursday with a guidance cut after sales of its diabetes drugs and HPV vaccine lagged third-quarter forecasts.

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We led some of America’s largest companies. Here’s why we are voting for Harris, not Trump

'We fear a second Trump term would be bad for business and the U.S. economy.'

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Seven Stocks I Have Faith In

These companies have faced setbacks, but I'm confident their stock prices will flourish once again.

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Pneumonia can be a deadly complication of COVID, the flu, and RSV: What to know about pneumococcal vaccination

More than 41,000 people in the U.S. died of pneumonia in 2022, according to the CDC.

Fortune

How Merck leveled up its cybersecurity strategy since the NotPetya cyberattack that led to a $1.4 billion dispute

"It is integrated into everything that we do," says Merck's chief information and digital officer Dave Williams.

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Here's What to Expect From Merck & Co.'s Next Earnings Report

Merck & Co. is projected to report its third-quarter earnings result at the end of this month, and analysts expect a double-digit profit dip.

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Eli Lilly Leads S&P Health Care Stocks With 1,241% Gain. But The Others Aren't Slackers.

Eli Lilly has gained markedly over the past decade. But it's not the only S&P 500 health care stock to notch a bullish gain.

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Pharma company funding for patient advocacy groups needs to be transparent

Patient groups should be playing a central role in Canada’s health-care system, advocating for their members by promoting the visibility of their conditions, pushing for more rapid and accurate diagnoses and lobbying for the introduction and funding of new treatments and drugs that may help relieve their members’ symptoms and…

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Dow Tumbles As Nvidia Flashes Buy Signal; Trump Shares Soar While These Stocks Break Out (Live Coverage)

Indexes were mixed early Wednesday. Nvidia added gains after clearing a trendline entry on Tuesday. Trump Media & Technology soared.

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2024 Election: Drug Prices Remain A 'Hot Topic.' Can Pharma Stocks Withstand The Pressure?

Pharmaceutical stocks largely shook off the brunt of negotiated drug prices. But that doesn't mean they'll be spared election noise.

Investors Business Daily

Merck Scores Two Key Victories With Keytruda In Women's Cancers

Merck's Keytruda scored two important victories in women's cancer, according to presentations Sunday at the ESMO meeting.

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Moderna's Pain Continues Amid Flurry Of Downgrades Following 'Tough' R&D Day

Moderna stock tumbled again Friday on a series of downgrades and price-target cuts following a "tough update" at its R&D Day.

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Ozempic, Wegovy, Rybelsus: Are we losing sight of overall health? Here’s what the science says

The craze for new drugs in the GLP-1 (Glucagon-like peptide 1) and GIP (Gastric inhibitory polypeptide) analogue class, better known under the trade names Ozempic and Wegovy, is remarkable, but it’s not totally unprecedented in the history of pharmaceutical blockbusters.

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Summit Therapeutics, With 85% Gain This Week, Rockets Again On $235 Million Sale

Summit Therapeutics stock rocketed again Thursday — adding onto an 85% gain this week — after raising $235 million in a private placement.

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