The Latest Breaking News from MRK

The FDA said that the currently authorized 500mg dose of GlaxoSmithKline Plc (NYSE:GSK) and Vir Biotechnology Inc's (NASDAQ:VIR) COVID-19 antibody therapy is unlikely to be effective against the omicron BA.2 variant. The agency updated its website to exclude sotrovimab use in geographic regions where the infection is likely caused by the omicron BA.2 variant. GSK…

The European Medicines Agency's advisory group CHMP has adopted a positive opinion recommending approval of Merck & Co Inc (NYSE: MRK) for 

The FDA has placed a partial clinical hold on Alpine Immune Sciences Inc's (NASDAQ:ALPN) NEON-2 trial evaluating davoceticept (ALPN-202) in combination with pembrolizumab in adults with advanced malignancies. The partial clinical hold was prompted by Alpine's report of patient death in the NEON-2 trial.  The participant had choroidal melanoma previously treated with nivolumab and…

Merck & Co Inc (NYSE: MRK) announced data from Phase 3 KEYNOTE-716 trial of Keytruda (pembrolizumab) as adjuvant treatment for patients with resected stage IIB and IIC melanoma.

A World Health Organization (WHO) panel has backed the use of Merck & Co Inc's (NYSE:MRK) COVID-19 antiviral pill for high-risk patients. The expert panel conditionally recommended molnupiravir for patients with non-severe disease at high risk of hospitalization, such as the immunocompromised, the unvaccinated, older people, and those with chronic conditions. The recommendation was…

Merck & Company Inc (new's (NYSE: MRK) short percent of float has fallen 13.98% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 20.09 million shares sold short, which is 0.8% of all regular shares that are available for trading.

Concerns over the Russia-Ukraine war and high inflation have significantly affected the global equity markets lately. As the stock market is expected to remain highly volatile in the coming weeks, it could be wise to bet on defensive stocks Walmart (WMT), Novartis (NVS), Merck & Co. (MRK), GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), and…

The major stock market indices suffered a sell-off as the news of Russia’s military action in Ukraine broke. But because wide-moat companies generally fare well in challenging times like these, we believe VanEck Vectors Morningstar Wide Moat ETF’s (MOAT) holdings Microsoft (MSFT), Merck & Co. (MRK), and Blackbaud (BLKB) might…

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.