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5 Healthcare Plays Powering the Sector’s Big Comeback

After years of lagging, the healthcare sector is showing signs of a turnaround driven by lower rates, policy clarity, and renewed investor interest.

MarketBeat

Merck, Doctors Reject Proposal To Break Up Combined MMR Vaccine

A top U.S. health official's call to split the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine into separate shots sparked strong pushback from Merck Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) and medical experts, who said such a move lacks scientific justification and could undermine immunization efforts.

Benzinga

Merck's Winrevair Cuts Clinical Worsening Risk By 76% Among Hypertension Patients

Merck Co. Inc. (NYSE:MRK) announced results Tuesday from its Phase 3 HYPERION trial evaluating Winrevair (sotatercept-csrk) versus placebo (both in combination with background therapy) in recently diagnosed adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH, WHO Group 1) functional class (FC) II or III at intermediate or high risk of disease progression.

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The UK must invest in medicines – but not at any price

The UK’s science minister, Sir Patrick Vallance, has sounded the alarm over the country’s declining investment in medicines. He warned that the NHS risks losing out on important treatments and the country could lose its place at the cutting edge of medical research if spending does not recover. It comes…

The Conversation

NHS facing ‘critical threat’ after Trump pressure to hike drug prices

NEWS ANALYSIS: Drug prices in the UK could rise amid 100 per cent tariffs on branded medicines and pressure from US President Donald Trump to stop ‘global freeloading’, Alicja Hagopian reports

The Independent UK

Mounjaro manufacturer blasts UK as ‘worst country in Europe’ for drug prices

The boss of Eli Lilly, Dave Ricks, warns that Britain will miss out on new drugs as a result of pricing issues

The Independent UK

FDA Clears Merck's One-Minute Cancer Shot

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved Merck Co. Inc.’s (NYSE:MRK) Keytruda Qlex (pembrolizumab and berahyaluronidase alfa-pmph) injection for subcutaneous administration in adults across most solid tumor indications for Keytruda.

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Merck Scores Positive Feedback From EU Agency Regarding Blockbuster Cancer Drug

On Friday, a European agency adopted two positive opinions for Merck Co. Inc.’s (NYSE:MRK) Keytruda (pembrolizumab).

Benzinga

UK ‘difficult’ operating environment says Merck boss after £1bn London site axed

Last week, Merck’s business in the UK and Europe, MSD, said it will move its life sciences operation to the US, impacting around 125 British jobs.

Evening Standard

Big pharma firms have paused nearly £2bn in UK investments this year

Government’s plans in disarray before Trump talks as MSD, Eli Lilly and AstraZeneca moves prompt job fears

The Guardian - UK

Robert Kennedy Jr. Packs CDC Panel With Vaccine Skeptics Ahead of Key Vote On COVID-19 Shots

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has added five new members to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, just days before it reconvenes to vote on COVID-19 shots and other routine pediatric vaccine recommendations.

Benzinga

The Guardian view on Merck’s exit: Britain’s biopharma strategy stalls in the face of China’s rise

Editorial: The industry’s retreat from the UK reflects a deeper shift about how Beijing is rewriting the rules of innovation

The Guardian - UK

Merck's Exit Highlights UK Risks Losing Pharma Investment Amid Rising Costs

The U.K. faces a growing risk of losing pharmaceutical investment. That’s according to Oxford professor John Bell, a scientist who was involved in coordinating government and industry efforts during the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

Benzinga

UK must heed Sir John Bell’s big pharma investment warning

Instead of making silly statements the government needs to look at why Merck has scrapped its £1bn research centre

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Benzinga

Merck Advances Childhood Pneumococcal Care With Promising Vaccine Data

Merck Co. Inc. (NYSE:MRK) on Thursday released results from the Phase 3 STRIDE-13 trial evaluating Capvaxive (Pneumococcal 21-valent Conjugate Vaccine) at the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Conference.

The Independent UK

Merck scraps 125 jobs as it cans £1bn London research hub

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The Independent UK

Scientists analysed pesticide use across Europe. Here’s what they found

Increased demand for food due to population growth has made pesticides essential for ensuring food security

Evening Standard

Merck’s move to axe £1bn UK expansion was ‘commercial decision’, says minister

The Conservatives said Merck’s decision should send alarm bells ringing across Government.

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The Independent UK

Pharma giant ditches £1bn London research hub and says UK ‘is not internationally competitive’

Merck, known as MSD in Europe, criticised the UK’s business environment despite the government saying it has become ‘the most attractive place to invest in the world’

The Guardian - UK

Big pharma will stop investing in UK, top scientist warns after Merck’s £1bn exit

Comments by former professor of medicine at Oxford follow scrapping of planned London research centre

International Business Times UK

Humiliation For Britain: US Pharma Giant Merck Axes £1 Billion London Lab, Brands UK 'Uninvestable'

Merck scraps £1B London research centre, branding UK 'uninvestable' due to NHS pricing and low investment. 125 jobs lost, threatening Britain's life sciences goals

Evening Standard

Merck scraps £1bn London expansion as report warns UK drugs sector ‘losing out’

UK pharmaceutical sector ‘risks losing investment to other countries’.

The Guardian - UK

US drugmaker Merck scraps £1bn London research centre and cuts 125 science jobs

New blow to UK’s key life science sector as industry body says country is losing ground on investment and research

Benzinga

FDA Breakthrough Status Awarded To Lilly-Merck Combo Drug For Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to Eli Lilly and Co.’s (NYSE:LLY) olomorasib, in combination with Merck Co. Inc.’s (NYSE:MRK) anti-PD-1 therapy Keytruda (pembrolizumab), for the first-line treatment of unresectable advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with a KRAS G12C mutation…

Benzinga

This Merck Pill Promises Powerful Cholesterol Reduction Without Injections

Merck Co. Inc. (NYSE:MRK) on Tuesday shared topline results from the Phase 3 CORALreef Lipids trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of enlicitide decanoate for hypercholesterolemia on a moderate or high intensity statin (or with documented statin intolerance).

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