Shares of Merck & Co. (MRK) rose 5% on Friday after the pharmaceutical giant reported positive developments across multiple oncology programs, reinforcing investor confidence in its efforts to extend
Merck's Gardasil sales plunge as weak China demand, inventory issues and softer Japan trends cloud the vaccine's overall growth outlook in 2026.

Pharma Stock Pops On European Seal of Approval

10:51am, Friday, 22'nd May 2026
Merck (NYSE:MRK) stock is up 5% to trade at $121.75, after the blue-chip pharma giant received the "go ahead" from European officials in regard to its combination of the company's products, Keytruda
Merck shares rose after partner Kelun-Biotech reported positive late-stage trial results for a Keytruda combination treatment in lung cancer.
Merck stock popped early Friday after European officials recommended approving its combination for a form of bladder cancer.
RAHWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--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 (
Sichuan Kelun-Biotech Biopharmaceutical said on Thursday its experimental treatment combined with partner Merck's Keytruda improved survival rate in ​patients with advanced lung cancer, meeting the
Moderna and Merck's combination therapy for skin cancer helped reduce risk of cancer spreading to another part of the body ​by 59% after five years of follow-up, data from ‌a mid-stage trial showe
LLY's booming GLP-1 franchise and expanding pipeline strengthen its edge over Merck despite rising competition and pricing pressure.
DARMSTADT, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase 3 Study for Investigational Antibody-Drug Conjugate in Colorectal Cancer.
Exelixis teams up with Merck to advance zanzalintinib in a phase III colorectal cancer study, expanding its pipeline beyond Cabometyx.
A panel of the National Advertising Review Board (NARB), the appellate advertising body of BBB National Programs, has referred Intervet, Inc. (d/b/a Merck Animal Health) to the Federal Trade Commissio
MRK's investigational TROP2-directed ADC, sac-TMT, achieves key survival goals in a phase III endometrial cancer study.
Healthcare AI stocks have been hammered in 2026, with several names down 30% to 65% year to date even as their underlying platforms keep maturing.
A late-stage trial evaluating Regeneron's fianlimab, a skin cancer drug, fails to meet its primary endpoint.
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