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Merck Sues HHS, Claims Drug Price Negotiation Program Violates First and Fifth Amendment

Pharma has a "choice": Negotiate with HHS or pay $10 million "tax" per day.

Reason

Merck sues federal government, calling plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices 'extortion'

Merck is suing the federal government over a plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices, calling the program a sham equivalent to extortion

The Independent UK

Merck sues government over drug price negotiation - Roll Call

The lawsuit argues that the negotiation program violates the Fifth Amendment by not paying the company “just compensation” for its products.

Roll Call

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New Stirling life sciences facility to bring 30 new jobs to city

Merck say “30-plus” jobs are expected to add to an existing workforce of 99.

Daily Record

Merck makes €35 million investment in Scottish sites

The expansion plan should create nearly 500 new jobs in Glasgow and Stirling

Insider UK

Making the Case for Covered Call Strategies

During times of uncertainty, an investor can use a covered call to deliver downside protection while capturing upside gains. Here’s how it works.

Kiplinger

Vaccines using mRNA can protect farm animals against diseases traditional ones may not – and there are safeguards to ensure they won't end up in your food

While effective vaccines for COVID-19 should have heralded the benefits of mRNA vaccines, fear and misinformation about their supposed dangers circulated at the same time. These misconceptions about mRNA vaccines have recently spilled over into worries about whether their use in agricultural animals could expose people to components of the…

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1 Pharma Stock You'll Regret Not Buying Earlier

The long-term prospects of Merck (MRK) look bright due to its latest acquisitions and solid drug pipeline. Therefore, investing in this stock could help generate substantial returns in the long run. Keep reading….

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Stocks Close Mildly Higher on Q1 Earnings Optimism

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Monday closed up +0.33%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.30%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.06%. Stock indexes Monday posted moderate gains. An increase in...

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Stocks Undercut by Higher Bond Yields and Weakness in Chip Stocks

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.05%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.11%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.23%. U.S. stock indexes this morning are mixed. An increase...

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Markets Today: Stock Index Futures Mixed on Pressure from Higher Bond Yields

Morning Markets June S&P 500 futures (ESM2 3) this morning are up +0.02%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM2 3) are down -0.03%. U.S. stock index futures this morning are mixed. An increase in M&A activity is positive for stocks after Merck said it would acquire Prometheus Biosciences for...

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Study: Vaccine helps drug keep melanoma patients cancer-free

Adding a personalized cancer vaccine to the blockbuster drug Keytruda kept more melanoma patients in remission than the immune therapy alone, co-developers Moderna Inc. and Merck & Co. said in their first detailed presentation of a key study.

Tribune News Service

Does the future of medicine lie in space?

Earth’s gravity makes it harder to cultivate the proteins needed to study diseases and pathogens. And although the cost of space travel is high, private enterprise is stepping in

The Guardian - UK

Insurance Agencies Would Love to Know Who Blew Up Nord Stream

An era of gray zone warfare and sabotage creates tough financial questions.

Foreign Policy

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Pfizer buys biotech firm Seagen for $43 billion

WASHINGTON - US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced Monday that it had reached a deal to buy biotech firm Seagen, specializing in innovative cancer treatment, for $43 billion.

The Conversation

What are these 'cancer vaccines' I'm hearing about? And what similarities do they share with COVID vaccines?

Barely a month goes by without headlines announcing yet another advancement in cancer vaccines.

The New Daily

What are these ‘cancer vaccines’ making news? Are there similarities with COVID vaccines?

Using the same mRNA technology as COVID vaccines, cancer vaccines are an emerging personalised treatment for cancer.

Insider UK

Merck Livingston announces 15 new jobs and £2.6 million investment

Strategic partnership signed with Scottish Enterprise to develop novel quality control kit

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The cost of cybersecurity insurance is soaring–and state-backed attacks will be harder to cover. It’s time for companies to take threats more seriously

State-backed attacks are on the rise–and the insurance sector is increasingly excluding them from coverage.

Tribune News Service

Merck COVID drug linked to new virus mutations, study says

Merck & Co.’s COVID-19 pill is giving rise to new mutations of the virus in some patients, according to a study that underscores the risk of trying to intentionally alter the pathogen’s genetic code.

The Independent UK

Meet the German shepherd who was the richest dog in the world — and had a huge secret

“Gunther’s Millions”, a new Netflix documentary, investigates the story of Gunther, one in a long line of German Shepherds who had supposedly inherited a fortune from their late owner. Clémence Michallon reports

Daily Mirror

Who is Gunther? Inside hoax claims and secrets of world's richest dog in new Netflix doc

Netflix docuseries Gunther's Millions will explore the 'hoax' surrounding the world's richest dog Gunther and the man who cares for him, businessman Maurizio Mian

The Conversation

Cancer vaccine trials could start in the autumn – UK signs deal with BioNTech

The UK government recently announced that it is partnering with German firm BioNTech to test vaccines for cancer and other diseases. The project aims to build on the mRNA vaccine technology that BioNTech became famous for developing, and which has been so successful at preventing serious illness and death from…

Bangkok Post

Chinese take risks on black-market Covid drugs

BEIJING: Desperate families searching for critical Covid-19 medication in China, faced with bare pharmacy shelves and an explosion of cases, are being driven into murky online marketplaces rife with price gouging and fraud.

Tribune News Service

Lisa Jarvis: Cancer vaccine hunt makes progress, finally

The long-awaited cancer vaccine revolution is getting a little closer to reality. New data from Moderna Inc. and Merck & Co. suggest that after decades of failures, researchers are finally figuring out the right way to design a vaccine that can teach immune cells how to recognize and combat tumors.

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