The first pill shown to treat COVID-19 has moved one step closer to being available to the public. The pharmaceutical company Merck requested FDA emergency authorization Monday for their COVID-19 ...

The FDA said Friday that Merck's anti-COVID-19 pill is effective in treating the virus but said that regulators will meet next week to investigate whether the pill is safe for people who are pregnant ...

Merck (MRK) announced on Wednesday that its single-tablet antiviral regimen, doravirine and islatravir for adults with HIV, was found to be non-inferior to Gilead’s (GILD) once-daily HIV pill Biktarvy ...

Merck (MRK) and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics announced today that their COVID-19 pill — the first oral antiviral of its kind — cut the risk of hospitalizations or deaths by half, and that they would ...

RAHWAY, N.J. - Merck is officially adding an experimental flu prevention drug to its portfolio. The New Jersey-based ...

Merck has unveiled a groundbreaking cholesterol-lowering pill, enlicitide, which could transform treatment for millions of Americans struggling with high LDL cholesterol. The once-daily oral ...

Merck is in talks to buy cancer drug developer Revolution Medicines in a $28 billion to $32 billion deal, the Financial Times ...