MRK Sep 2024 120.000 put
- Business Wire
FDA Grants Priority Review to Merck’s Application for KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) Plus Chemotherapy as First-Line Treatment of Patients With Unresectable Advanced or Metastatic Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
RAHWAY, N.J., May 29, 2024--Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for priority review a new supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) seeking approval for KEYTRUDA, Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, in combination with chemotherapy, for the first-line treatment of patients with unresectable advanced or metastatic malignant pleural mesothelioma. The FDA has set a Prescription Drug User Fee
- Business Wire
Merck to Acquire EyeBio
RAHWAY, N.J. & NEW YORK, May 29, 2024--Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, and Eyebiotech Limited (EyeBio), a privately held ophthalmology-focused biotechnology company, today announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement under which Merck, through a subsidiary, will acquire EyeBio.
- Reuters
Merck nears $1.3 billion cash deal for eye-drug company EyeBio, WSJ reports
Merck has said it's in the market for deals of up to around $15 billion as it plans ways to deal with a loss of revenue from its aging cancer immunotherapy Keytruda.
