Merck Group
Merck is a leading company for innovative and top-quality high-tech products in healthcare, life science and performance materials. The company has six businesses - Merck Serono, Consumer Health, Allergopharma, Biosimilars, Merck Millipore and Performance Materials - and generated sales of € 11.3 billion in 2014. Around 39,000 Merck employees work in 66 countries to improve the quality of life for patients, to foster the success of customers and to help meet global challenges. Merck is the world's oldest pharmaceutical and chemical company - since 1668, the company has stood for innovation, business success and responsible entrepreneurship. Holding an approximately 70% interest, the founding family remains the majority owner of the company to this day. Merck, Darmstadt, Germany holds the global rights to the Merck name and brand. The only exceptions are Canada and the United States, where the company operates as EMD Serono, EMD Millipore and EMD Performance Materials.
Business & Industry
- Pfizer to supply Global Fund up to 6 million PAXLOVID™ treatment courses for low-and-middle-income countries
- WHO grants prequalification to GSK's Mosquirix - the first and only approved malaria vaccine
- Pfizer and BioNTech receive positive CHMP opinion for Omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent COVID-19 vaccine booster in European Union
- Novartis invests in early technical development capabilities for next-generation biotherapeutics
- FDA grants Breakthrough Therapy Designation to Pfizer's Group B Streptococcus vaccine candidate
Research & Development
- National CDC-funded study confirms that mRNA vaccines protect against serious COVID-19 during pregnancy
- 2nd Annual Next Generation Pharmaceutical Cleanrooms Conference
- Shutting down backup genes leads to cancer remission in mice
- Bird's enzyme points toward novel therapies
- WHO strongly advises against antibody treatments for COVID-19 patients
- Mucosal antibodies in the airways protect against omicron infection
- Drug turns cancer gene into "eat me" flag for immune system
Conferences & Events
- SAE Media Group proudly presents the 2nd Annual Aseptic Processing Conference
- Pharma join together to achieve new standards in digital and patient innovation for clinical transformation
- SMi's 22nd Annual Pain Therapeutics Conference
- SMi Group Introduces the 4th Annual Injectable Drug Delivery Conference 2022
- SMi's 5th Annual Pharmaceutical Microbiology East Coast Conference
- SMi's 3rd Annual AI in Drug Discovery Conference
- SMi's 6th Annual Highly Potent Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients
Regulatory Affairs
- FDA approves first treatment for Acid Sphingomyelinase Deficiency, a rare genetic disease
- FDA approves first systemic treatment for alopecia areata
- FDA urges drug manufacturers to develop risk management plans to promote a dtronger, resilient drug supply chain
- FDA limits use of Janssen COVID-19 vaccine to certain individuals
- EMA establishes Cancer Medicines Forum with academia to optimise cancer treatments in clinical practice