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

John Carroll

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

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

John Carroll

Editor & Founder

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Among phar­ma CEOs, the IRA now and the IRA lat­er get very dif­fer­ent re­ac­tions

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

Among pharma CEOs, the IRA now and the IRA later get very different reactions

Bristol Myers restarts radiopharmaceutical Phase 3 trial, but delays readout by one year

Updated: With cost-cutting underway, Bristol Myers raises guidance, touts Phase 3 win and scraps another

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