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Take a pill to lose weight, suffer psychiatric side effects

Weight loss in a pill. It's the weight loss equivalent of the fountain of youth ... and just as elusive. The major pharmaceutical company, Merck, has ... Read More »

Taranabant diet pill research

New research was recently released on a weight-loss drug called taranabant. Developed by Merck, taranabant suppresses appetite by blocking the CB1 ... Read More »

FDA rejects Mevacor for over-the-counter sales

After considering whether to allow Merck's Mevacor cholesterol-lowering drug to be sold over-the-counter in pharmacies and drugstores nationwide, the ... Read More »

Merck's Mevacor cholesterol drug to go over the counter soon?

It's interesting to see that Merck, the pharmaceutical giant, wants to make its Mevacor cholesterol-lowering drug available as an over-the-counter ... Read More »

New HIV drug made by Merck approved for use

Merck's new Isentress drug has been approved to treat HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) strains that have been found to be resistant to many ... Read More »

Merck to donate one million cervical cancer vaccine doses

In what could be interpreted as a PR move or an act of genuine goodness, drug giant Merck has plans to give up to one million doses of its cancer drug ... Read More »

Merck has AIDS drug disappointment

Pharmaceutical companies are in a precarious position these days. On one hand, some of the industry's products help many people tremendously. Well, ... Read More »

Merck's new HIV drug seen as great alternative

Living with HIV is often difficult enough, but if you're on AIDS-fighting drugs and your body has built up a resistance to them over time, often you ... Read More »

Merck's Arcoxia gets official non-approval from FDA

It was quite surprising that the FDA returned the Vioxx anti-pain drug to the market after it was pulled by its manufacturer due to reports of serious ... Read More »

Merck's Arcoxia found to be too risky

It seems like the more popular some pharmaceutical drugs become, the more and more we hear about the side effects of certain drugs that make many of ... Read More »