Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

EU medicines agency starts review of Merck oral COVID drug

The EU's medicines watchdog said on Monday it had started reviewing an oral COVID medication from the US pharmaceutical firm Merck, raising hopes for an easy-to-administer treatment to reduce serious or deadly cases.

Medical economics

German pharma Merck makes bid for US group Versum

German pharmaceutical group Merck KgaA said Wednesday it had offered to buy electronics industry supplier Versum Materials for 5.3 billion euros ($6 billion), its biggest purchase in four years.

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