International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
David Weinreich appointed as Merck’s Global Head of R&D and CMO, Healthcare
Weinreich will be based in Billerica, Massachusetts at the company’s Research and Development site
WHO urges US to ‘reconsider’ withdrawal from global health organisation
President Donald Trump said the agency mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and other global health crises
WHO launches $1.5bn emergency appeal to tackle ongoing health crises
The appeal is aimed at providing urgent humanitarian assistance to more than 300 million people
WHO announces priority endemic pathogens for urgent vaccine development
The study identifies the 17 pathogens that regularly cause diseases in communities
MSD’s Welireg recommended by NICE to treat rare von Hippel-Lindau disease
Approximately one in every 70,000 people are affected by the tumour-causing genetic disease
WHO announces new mRNA vaccine development initiative against human avian influenza
H5N1 was responsible for 889 cases and 463 deaths across 23 countries from 2003 to 2024
Merck and Daiichi Sankyo to jointly develop T-cell engager in deal worth over $170m
The partners will evaluate MK-6070 as part of a combination treatment for small cell lung cancer
WHO and CEPI call for broader research strategy to prepare for future pandemics
They have highlighted the importance of expanding research to entire families of pathogens
Merck and Astellas/Pfizer’s bladder cancer combination receives positive CHMP opinion
More than 165,000 new cases of bladder cancer are diagnosed in the EU every year
Merck’s Keytruda combination recommended by NICE for advanced gastric cancer
More than 6,500 new cases of gastric cancer are diagnosed in the UK every year
WHO calls for better medicines access to close neurological disorders treatment gap
In 2021, neurological conditions affected more than three billion people worldwide
Merck’s investigational RSV monoclonal antibody clesrovimab shown to protect infants
The respiratory virus accounts for about 30,000 hospitalisations in children under five every year in the UK