Merck & Co (MRK)

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Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, announced that calderasib (MK-1084), an investigational oral specific KRAS G12C inhibitor, in combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab), Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, has been granted Breakthrough Therapy designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with KRAS G12C-mutation and expressing PD-L1 (tumor proportion score [TPS] ≥1%). This is the first Breakthrough Therapy designation for calderasib and was supported by positive data from the Phase 1 KANDLELIT-001 trial.

Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, announced today that Dr. Marjorie Green, senior vice president and head of oncology, global clinical development, Merck Research Laboratories, is scheduled to participate in a fireside chat at the Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference on Thursday, June 4, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. ET.

Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, announced today that the Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.85 per share of the company’s common stock for the third quarter of 2026. Payment will be made on July 8, 2026, to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 15, 2026.

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Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today announced the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a positive opinion recommending approval of KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab), Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, in combination with Padcev® (enfortumab vedotin-ejfv), an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), as neoadjuvant treatment and then continued after radical cystectomy as adjuvant treatment, for adults with resectable muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) who are ineligible for cisplatin-containing chemotherapy. This recommendation, which also includes KEYTRUDA SC® [known as KEYTRUDA QLEX™ (pembrolizumab and berahyaluronidase alfa-pmph) in the U.S.], will now be reviewed by the European Commission (EC) for marketing authorization in the European Union (EU), Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, and a final decision is expected by the third quarter of 2026.

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Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today announced the pivotal Phase 3 TroFuse-005 trial evaluating sacituzumab tirumotecan (sac-TMT), an investigational TROP2-directed antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) being developed in collaboration with Kelun-Biotech, met its primary endpoints of overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in certain patients with advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer. TroFuse-005 is the first global Phase 3 trial to demonstrate statistically significant improvement in both OS and PFS compared to chemotherapy for these patients and the first and only ADC to do so for patients with endometrial cancer in this setting.

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AUSTIN, Texas, May 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BioMedWire Editorial Coverage: Obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) rank among the most urgent and costly healthcare problems facing the world today, contributing to surging rates of cardiovascular disease, fatty liver disease, kidney complications and ballooning healthcare expenses. What once represented a specialized class of diabetes treatments has grown into one of the most consequential therapeutic categories in modern medicine, with GLP-1 receptor agonists now fundamentally restructuring how obesity, metabolic disease and potentially even neurodegeneration are treated. Operating in this environment is SureNano Science Ltd. (CSE: SURE) (OTCQB: SURNF) (profile), which through its subsidiary GlucaPharm Inc. is developing a distinct next-generation GLP-1 platform built around GEP-44, a novel triple agonist peptide engineered to improve efficacy, tolerability, and delivery flexibility within one of the most commercially dynamic pharmaceutical markets in history. SureNano is one of the emerging microcap companies active in the GLP-1 space, operating alongside established leaders including Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE: MRK), AbbVie Inc. (NYSE: ABBV), Viking Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: VKTX) and Altimmune Inc. (NASDAQ: ALT).

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Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today announced new research from more than 100 abstracts across over 25 types of cancer from the company’s comprehensive oncology portfolio and pipeline will be presented at the 2026 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting (May 29-June 2). The data reinforce the long-term impact of KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab), Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, and Merck’s rapidly advancing pipeline across multiple tumor types and stages of disease, highlighting the company’s leadership in oncology and commitment to advancing innovative oncology research.