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UN Security Council meeting briefly interrupted due to rare earthquake in New YorkA 4.8 magnitude earthquake briefly interrupted a UN Security Council meeting in New York discussing the Middle East situation. No damages o...
08 Apr, 2024, 01.16 PM IST
4.0 magnitude aftershock rattles New Jersey hours after morning quakeNew Jersey hit by 4.0 aftershock post 4.8-magnitude quake. Governors urge caution. No major damage. FAA warns of air traffic impact. USGS r...
06 Apr, 2024, 07.48 AM IST
- Drugmaker Merck closing 8 plants, 8 research sites
Drugmaker Merck & Co. said Thursday it is shutting down eight manufacturing plants and eight research sites around the world, including two...
08 Jul, 2010, 07.45 PM IST
- Merck Q1 sales rise but profit fall on charges
Drugmaker Merck & Co. says double-digit sales growth for a half-dozen of its top medicines fueled a 7 percent jump in first-quarter sales.
04 May, 2010, 05.20 PM IST
- Pfizer, Merck to cut 1,700 jobs following mergers
Combined, Pfizer and Wyeth plan to cut about 20,000 jobs, or 15 percent of their combined staff in the future. Top 10 Paymasters | Intervie...
12 Jan, 2010, 12.52 AM IST
- Pfizer’s Wyeth bid may trigger rush for M&As
Pfizer’s potential purchase of Wyeth for more than $60 billion may set off a rush to consolidate in an industry buffeted by a thinner pipel...
26 Jan, 2009, 01.12 AM IST
- Cancer fears may spark decline in Vytorin sales
Sales of Merck & Co and Schering-Plough Corp’s Vytorin, falling after data earlier this year questioned its effectiveness against a cheaper...
23 Jul, 2008, 01.08 AM IST
- Mylan buys Merck’s generics unit
Mylan Laboratories agreed to buy Merck KGaA’s generic-drug unit for 4.9 billion euros ($6.7 billion) in cash to become the world’s third-la...
14 May, 2007, 12.20 AM IST
- Merck to acquire biotech co Sirna for $1.1bn all cash
Pharmaceutical company Merck said it agreed to pay an eye-popping $1.1bn to buy Sirna Therapeutics, a tiny biotechnology firm developing dr...
01 Nov, 2006, 12.37 AM IST
- US firm Merck wins Vioxx lawsuit
US pharmaceutical giant Merck said it had won a lawsuit brought by a Kentucky man who claimed four months of using the pain killer Vioxx ha...
27 Sep, 2006, 01.20 PM IST
- Schering-Plough, Sanofi set sights on Bristol-Myers
Bristol-Myers Squibb, which fired its chief executive officer this week, may be targeted for takeover by Schering-Plough or French drugmake...
18 Sep, 2006, 12.46 AM IST
- Glaxo, Merck to bring in cancer vaccines in India
GlaxoSmithKline and Merck will work with groups including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to bring cervical cancer vaccines to the de...
12 Jun, 2006, 02.20 PM IST