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Why Merck Just Slashed Its Profit Outlook By Nearly 50%

Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE:MRK) stock edged higher Tuesday after the drugmaker reported second-quarter results that topped Wall Street revenue expectations and posted a smaller-than-expected adjusted loss, while raising its full-year sales guidance despite recording multibillion-dollar acquisition-rela…

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MRK: Q2 2026 sales up 5% to $16.6B, with oncology and new launches driving growth

Q2 2026 sales rose 5% to $16.6B, led by oncology and animal health, with new launches fueling growth. Updated 2026 revenue guidance is $66.3B–$67.3B, but EPS guidance was lowered due to a $5.7B acquisition charge. Multiple pipeline and regulatory milestones were achieved.Original document: Merck…

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What To Expect From Merck’s (MRK) Q2 Earnings

Global pharmaceutical company Merck NYSE:MRKwill be announcing earnings results this Tuesday before market hours. Here’s what investors should know.Merck beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $16.29 billion, up 4.9% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the com…

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SLS Stock Heads For Worst Month In Over 2 Years — But Retail Bulls ‘Hold’ For AML Readout And Buyout Hopes

Shares of Sellas Life Sciences (SLS) are sliding toward their worst month in over two years, but retail bulls are still buying weakness and holding out for a potential buyout as the company nears a key acute myeloid leukemia (AML) readout.SLS stock SLS stock has fallen 31% so far in July after exte…

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CHMP Recommends Gilead’s Trodelvy® Plus Keytruda® in PD-(L)1-Positive First-Line Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a positive opinion, recommending the marketing authorization of Trodelvy® (sacituzumab govitecan-hziy) in combination with Keytruda®…

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Missed AI, Memory Bull Run? Biotech May Be The Next Breakout Trade — But Retail Sentiment Has Never Been Lower

The AI and memory-chip rallies may have already minted their biggest winners, but biotech is mounting a breakout of its own, with the XBI biotech ETF sharply outperforming the broader market as cash-rich drugmakers race to buy promising pipelines before blockbuster patent losses begin eroding reven…

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Investigational Once-Weekly Oral HIV Treatment Regimen of Islatravir and Lenacapavir Maintained Virological Suppression in Adults With HIV Who Switched Antiretroviral Therapy

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) and Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today announced that the detailed outcomes from the Phase 3 ISLEND-1 and ISLEND-2 trials will be presented for the first time at the 26th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2026). The…

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SLS Stock Jumps Ahead Of CEO’s Fox Appearance: Retail Bets AML Readout Could Spark Big Pharma Bidding War

Shares of Sellas Life Sciences (SLS) jumped 3% overnight late Monday as retail traders bet that the final acute myeloid leukemia (AML) readout could turn this week’s Fox appearance into a launchpad for Big Pharma interest.SLS stock surged 12% on Friday to close at $13.19, capping a 3% weekly gain.S…

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MRK Stock Jumps on FDA Nod for Cholesterol-Lowering Pill

Shares of Merck MRK rose more than 3% on Thursday after the company announced that the FDA approved enlicitide as the first oral PCSK9 inhibitor to reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C, or bad cholesterol) in adults with hypercholesterolemia (high cholesterol). The drug will be markete…

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Why Is PSNL Stock Up 5% After-Hours?

Shares of Personalis (PSNL) rose 5% after-hours on Thursday following rumors that the precision oncology company is exploring strategic options, including a potential sale, after receiving takeover interest from Merck & Co. (MRK) and at least two other parties.Personalis has hired investment banks…

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Merck’s LIPFENDRA® (enlicitide) is the First and Only Once-Daily Oral PCSK9 Inhibitor Approved by the U.S. FDA to Reduce LDL-C in Adults with Hypercholesterolemia

Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved LIPFENDRA® (enlicitide) tablets 20 mg as an adjunct to diet and exercise to reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in adults with hypercholes…

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Immutep Provides Clinical Update in 1st line NSCLC: Positive Mature Overall Survival Data from INSIGHT-003 and Update from TACTI-004

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, July 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Immutep Limited ASX:IMM; NASDAQ:IMMP (“Immutep” or “the Company”), a biotechnology company developing novel immunotherapies, today announced a significant positive update of the investigator-initiated INSIGHT-003 Phase I trial evaluating eftilagi…

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SLS Vs MLTX: Retail Traders Race To Pick Merck’s Next Biotech Buyout As Keytruda’s $31.7B Patent Cliff Nears

Sellas Life Sciences (SLS) and MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (MLTX) have emerged as retail’s leading candidates for Merck & Co.’s (MRK) next biotech deal as the drugmaker prepares for life beyond Keytruda.SLS and MLTX each gained more than 2% at the start of overnight trading late Sunday, while MRK e…

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