First-quarter profit and sales better than expected were announced by Merck, which also boosted its year-over-year estimates thanks to strong demand for Keytruda’s top anti-cancer drug, Gardasil vaccine and molnupiravir antiviral pill. In particular, the company’s sales in the quarter amounted to $ 15.9 billion, an increase of 50%, with most of it coming from […]
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US: FDA approves Merck coronavirus pill
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved Merck antiviral pill for coronavirus, a day after “green light” given to a similar treatment by Pfizer. Merck’s drug, molnupiravir, developed in collaboration with Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, reduces coronavirus hospitalizations and deaths by about 30% for people at high risk once taken in the early stages […]
Coronavirus: Reservations about Pfizer pill expressed by Merck executive
A CEO of the pharmaceutical company Merck, which has developed the first antiviral pill against coronavirus, openly expressed doubts about the corresponding drug of the competitor Pfizer, which appeared shortly after, saying that the latter will cause problems in some patients who take other medicines for other ailments. Eliab Barr, Merck’s senior vice president, told […]
Covid-19: Merck Experimental Pill Reduces Risk of Hospitalization and Death by 30%
Merck & Co Inc announced today that its experimental pill against Covid-19 reduces the risk of hospitalization and death by 30%, according to the data of all patients who participated in an advanced phase of research. The company announced that the data for the drug molnupiravir, developed in collaboration with Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, have been submitted […]
EMA: Takes Advice on Using Merck Pill Against Coronavirus
The EMA Human Medicines Committee has issued advice on the use of Lagevrio, a Merck pill (also known as molnupiravir) for the treatment of COVID-19 According to Coreper, the drug, which is not currently approved in the EU, can be used to treat adults with COVID-19 who do not need supplemental oxygen and are at […]
Merck promises simultaneous access to its anti-Covid pill for rich and poor countries
US drug giant Merck has vowed to avoid the pitfalls of vaccine distribution by making its new anti-Covid pill available in rich and poor countries almost simultaneously. Paul Sapper, the company’s director of global strategy, told AFP that Merck had begun drafting the access policy in July 2020, long before the first results on the […]
Pfizer coronavirus reduces risk of hospitalization or death by 89%
Pfizer pill against Covid-19 in combination with anti-HIV drug reduces the risk of hospitalization or death by 89% in high-risk adults exposed to the virus, the pharmaceutical company announced on Friday. At the same time, he noted that he is expected to submit the findings to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency […]