Ed Silverman, a senior writer and Pharmalot columnist at STAT, has been covering the pharmaceutical industry for nearly three decades. He is also the author of the morning Pharmalittle newsletter and ...

In a filing with the New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Merck said it expects to cut 204 positions at its headquarters in Rahway between February and May 2026. This marks the ...

Merck MRK1.30%increase; green up pointing triangle & Co. has struck a $9.2 billion deal to buy biotechnology company Cidara Therapeutics CDTX 0.21%increase; green up pointing triangle in a move that ...

A billion-dollar tsunami of life sciences development is hitting Virginia, with multinational pharmaceutical firm Merck as the latest to join the wave. The New Jersey-based pharma giant has begun ...

Merck on Monday announced the groundbreaking of its new Virginia pharmaceutical manufacturing facility, a cornerstone of the company’s $70 billion U.S. investment strategy. The 400,000-square-foot ...

Andrew Joseph covers health, medicine, and the biopharma industry in Europe. You can reach Andrew on Signal at drewqjoseph.45. BERLIN — At a prime-time session on Saturday at a major cancer conference ...

Merck & Co. will build a $3 billion pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Elkton that is expected to create 500 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin and the company announced at a ceremonial groundbreaking ...

Merck is attractively valued, boasting strong free cash flow, robust margins, and a leading position in oncology with Keytruda. MRK faces a looming patent cliff for Keytruda in 2028, but a strong late ...

Merck & Co. has doubled down on its partnership with Variational AI, striking a deal worth up to $349 million to collaborate on small molecule candidates against two targets. Variational disclosed a ...

The FDA has approved Merck & Co.’s under-the-skin version of Keytruda, reducing treatment time burden for patients while granting the world’s bestselling drug potential blockbuster revenue protection.

Merck has begun the 8% reduction of its workforce—an initiative that the company revealed two weeks ago—with the dismissal of 58 employees at its headquarters in Rahway, New Jersey. The cuts, which ...