Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved two new HIV-1 medicines: Delstrigo and Pifeltro.
The chairman of a pan-European pharma group says he is still optimistic that a Brexit deal can be struck, despite the head of the European Council rejecting British plans for future alignment.
Dr Fiona Marshall joins MSD from Sosei from Heptares, the UK biotech company she co-founded more than a decade ago, and which was acquired by Sosei in 2015.