Merck & Co. will pay as much as $2 billion for the rights to Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co.’s experimental heart drug, the US drugmaker’s second recent foray into China for a novel medicine.

Merck & Co. is handing over $200 million to China’s Hengrui Pharma for a phase 2-stage lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) inhibitor. In return for the ex-China rights to the drug, dubbed HRS-5346, Merck has ...

It is hard to get excited after looking at Merck's (NYSE:MRK) recent performance, when its stock has declined 7.2% over the past three months. But if you pay close attention, you might gather that ...

Merck was one of the pioneers of the cholesterol-lowering statins that launched in the 1980s and 1990s and changed medical practice. But it hasn’t been as successful with cholesterol medicines since ...

Twenty million trees will be planted and 2,500 hectares (6,178 acres) of new woodland created in the west of England as part of a "national forest" drive, the government has announced. The Western ...

Together with the oceans, they are one of the two most important carbon sinks, due to their capacity to store carbon in the soil and in tree biomass. As such, promoting fast-growing trees could ...

The stock of Merck MRK has declined 19.2% in the past six months, losing almost $52 billion of its market value The numerous challenges plaguing the company resulted in the dilution of the stock ...

Merck is planning layoffs in Pennsylvania as part of a multi-year plan to wind down operations at a manufacturing plant in the state. The pharma giant will cut 163 jobs at its Cherokee ...

FILE- This May 1, 2018, file photo shows Merck corporate headquarters in Kenilworth, N.J. Pharmaceutical giant Merck will close its plant in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. According to a ...