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European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a positive opinion recommending Merck & Co Inc (NYSE:MRK) Keytruda in melanoma setting. The opinion covers Keytruda as a monotherapy adjuvant treatment for adults and adolescents aged 12 years and older with stage IIB or IIC melanoma and who have…

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Merck & Co (NYSE:MRK). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Treasury yields surged in a delayed reaction to the Fed meeting. Stocks dived, wiping out Wednesday's market rally.

The Fed’s aggressive interest rate hikes and high energy prices will likely fuel recessionary conditions. Moreover, the unexpected decline in GDP in the first quarter indicates a possible economic contraction. Amid such possibilities, the pharmaceutical industry could attract investors’ attention because of the inelastic demand for its products. Today, I…

The S&P 500 experienced its worst period since 1939 between January and April this year. The stock market has been under pressure due to investor fears about looming interest rate increases, geopolitical tensions, and rising inflation. Hence, we think it might be best now to bet on fundamentally sound stocks…

Over the past 3 months, 7 analysts have published their opinion on Merck & Co (NYSE:MRK) stock. These analysts are typically employed by large Wall Street banks and tasked with understanding a company's business to predict how a stock will trade over the upcoming year.

Stocks fell Friday as Amazon and AbbVie tumbled on earnings. Elon Musk disclosed Tesla stock sales.

Merck & Co Inc's (NYSE:MRK) Q1 sales reached $15.90 billion, +50% Y/Y, beating the consensus of $14.68 billion. Excluding the foreign exchange impact, revenues were up 52%. Pharmaceutical sales increased 53% to $14.11 billion, primarily driven by molnupiravir, oncology, vaccines, and hospital acute care products.  Pharmaceutical sales growth, excluding Lagevrio sales, was…

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on Merck & Co (NYSE:MRK). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.