September 2, 2016 07:25 AM EDT
R&D

Stroke risk forces Mer­ck to scrap its long-ne­glect­ed PhI­II os­teo­poro­sis drug odanacat­ib

John Carroll

Editor & Founder

Mer­ck is scrap­ping its Phase III os­teo­poro­sis drug odanacat­ib af­ter con­clud­ing that the drug in­creased the risk of strokes among pa­tients tak­ing the drug …

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