Just a few months after Immune Design saw its shares crater on a phase II fail, Merck & Co/MSD has agreed a deal to acquire the biotech and its immuno-oncology and vaccines pipeline.
Pfizer is moving rheumatoid arthritis patients to a lower dose of its blockbuster inflammatory diseases pill Xeljanz in a clinical study, after a safety signal emerged in the trial of patie
Pfizer and Eli Lilly have announced more positive results from a phase 3 study of their non-opioid pain drug tanezumab, this time in chronic lower back pain (CBLP).
The US FDA has approved Merck & Co’s Keytruda as an adjuvant treatment for patients with melanoma who have had surgery but still show some evidence of cancer in their lymph nodes.
The FDA has started a speedy review of Merck KGaA and Pfizer’s new combination regimen for advanced kidney cancer, setting up a possible approval in June and piling more pressure on Bristol