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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- A new type of osteoporosis drug being developed by Merck & Co. increased bone density over two years in postmenopausal women with mild osteoporosis, the company reported Tuesday....

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Merck & Co. has halted a study of an experimental drug it had touted as key to energizing its sagging cholesterol franchise, barely three weeks after U.S. regulators refused to allow sales of the drug....

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Contaminated children's vaccines and other potentially serious concerns were spotted by federal regulators who combed Merck & Co.'s vaccine plant in the Philadelphia suburbs, according to a published report....

Two teams of researchers with access to thousands of documents gathered in lawsuits over the painkiller Vioxx allege that Merck & Co. waged a campaign of deception to promote its drug, moving slowly to warn of possible hazards while dressing up in-house research as the work of independent academic...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Democrats are questioning whether Merck and Schering-Plough made up information about a meeting of medical experts to discuss Vytorin, after lawmakers began investigating a failed study of the drug....

Two of Australia's leading life scientists have been chosen from a highly competitive field of candidates to take part in an initiative by Merck Sharp & Dohme and Advance to boost the capability of the country's burgeoning biopharmaceutical industry.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it is investigating a possible link between Merck's allergy drug Singulair and suicide....

Two of Australia's leading life scientists have been chosen from a highly competitive field of candidates to take part in an initiative by Merck Sharp & Dohme and Advance to boost the capability of the country's burgeoning biopharmaceutical industry.