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Ulcerative Colitis patients see long-term results in GO-COLITIS study
MSD has announced long-term maintenance results from GO-COLITIS.
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MSD investment confirms thriving biopharmaceutical hub
MSD to invest €280 million in Ireland over the next three years bolsters the country’s status as a thriving hub for the biopharmaceutical sector...
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FDA approves Merck’s bladder cancer drug
24 May 2017 | By Niamh Marriott, Junior Editor
The FDA has approved two new indications for Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab), the company’s anti-PD-1 therapy, for bladder cancer...
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Relocating the EMA: An open letter from EFPIA and Pharma Heads of Research
16 May 2017 | By European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA)
The EMA is a world class regulator, whose scientific recommendations are a vital element of the ongoing effort to provide EU citizens with quality medicines
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Sanofi Pasteur and MSD end joint vaccines business in Europe
3 January 2017 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Editor
Sanofi and its vaccines business unit Sanofi Pasteur will end their vaccine joint-venture with MSD (known as Merck in the US and Canada) - SPMSD...
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MSD’s Hepatitis C drug given green light for EU market
9 August 2016 | By MSD
Following successful phase 3 clinical trials, in which MSD’s new Hepatitis C drug, Zepatier, performed well, achieving high virologic cure rates across the study, the European Commission has licensed the drug for sale in the European market, specifically for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) in adults with…
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MSD announces positive results from elbasvir/grazoprevir HCV study
14 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Elbasvir/grazoprevir demonstrated superiority on efficacy and improvement on safety endpoints compared to sofosbuvir plus pegIFN/RBV...
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MSD presents data from Simponi GO-COLITIS trial
21 March 2016 | By Victoria White
GO-COLITIS evaluated the efficacy of Simponi (golimumab) in inducing and maintaining clinical response in patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis...
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Sanofi Pasteur and MSD to end joint vaccines operations in Europe
8 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Upon concluding their joint venture, Sanofi Pasteur and MSD plan to integrate their respective European vaccine businesses into their operations...
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Golimumab shows higher treatment persistence rates in patients with IMRD
16 February 2016 | By Victoria White
A study shows that patients initiating treatment with golimumab had significantly higher persistence rates than those initiating treatment with adalimumab or etanercept at 3 years.
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NICE recommends 7 DMARDs for severe rheumatoid arthritis
26 January 2016 | By Victoria White
NICE recommends the seven biological disease modifying drugs as options for treating severe rheumatoid arthritis which has not responded to intensive therapy with a combination of conventional DMARDs...
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Pembrolizumab improves survival in PD-L1 expressing NSCLC
21 December 2015 | By Victoria White
MSD has announced results from the Phase 2/3 KEYNOTE-010 study of Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in patients with previously treated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)...
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SMC accepts Keytruda as a treatment option for advanced melanoma
10 November 2015 | By Victoria White
The SMC also announced positive recommendations for Roche’s Avastin (bevacizumab) and Daiichi Sankyo’s Lixiana (edoxaban)...
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Another NICE recommendation for melanoma drug Keytruda
9 October 2015 | By Victoria White
This new recommendation for Keytruda is for treating advanced melanoma that has not been previously treated with ipilimumab...
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NICE says ‘yes’ to pembrolizumab for advanced melanoma
7 October 2015 | By
Pembrolizumab was the first drug to be approved through the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency’s Early Access to Medicine Scheme (EAMS)...
