Merck

• Merck, Moderna show progress on skin cancer vaccine using same technology as COVID shots

  The patient group that took the potential skin cancer vaccine and Keytruda saw a 44 per cent reduction in the risk of death or the cancer returning, the companies said.

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  Dec 13, 2022
  
• COVID-19 pills in low supply in U.S. due to months-long manufacturing time

  The problem, in part, is that production is still being ramped up and the medicines can take anywhere from five to eight months to manufacture.

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  Jan 13, 2022
  
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• Newly approved COVID-19 pills come with a catch. Here’s what you should know

  U.S. regulators authorized Pfizer's pill, Paxlovid, and Merck's molnupiravir this week.

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  Dec 26, 2021
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• Merck’s antiviral COVID-19 pill approved by U.S. FDA for at-home use

  Merck's drug, molnupiravir, developed with Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, was shown to reduce COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths by around 30 per cent.

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  Dec 23, 2021
• Merck to make its COVID-19 antiviral pill in Canada, company announces

  Merck has reached an agreement with an Ontario pharmaceutical company to make its oral COVID-19 treatment, molnupiravir, in Canada, officials said Monday.

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  Dec 6, 2021
• Canada secures orders of Merck, Pfizer COVID-19 antiviral pills

  Canada has announced it has signed purchasing agreements with Pfizer and Merck for their COVID-19 antiviral pills designed to treat the virus.

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  Dec 3, 2021
• FDA panel backs Merck’s COVID-19 pill, company touts effectiveness against variants

  The Food and Drug Administration panel voted 13-10 that the antiviral drug's benefits outweigh its risks, including potential birth defects if used during pregnancy.

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  Nov 30, 2021
• Pfizer to allow other companies to make its COVID-19 pill

  COVID-19 vaccine maker Pfizer has agreed to grant a license for its antiviral pill to the Medicines Patent Pool, which would allow other companies to make the treatment.

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  Nov 16, 2021
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• U.K. says it will roll out drug trial for Merck antiviral COVID-19 pill

  Last week Britain became the first country in the world to approve the potentially game-changing COVID-19 antiviral pill.

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  Nov 7, 2021
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• New Pfizer COVID-19 pill reduces hospital, death risk by 90%, company says

  Pfizer's pill to treat COVID-19 reduces the risk of hospitalization and death by nearly 90 per cent, the company said Friday when it released preliminary results.

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  Nov 5, 2021