WELLCOME TRUST AND MERCK ANNOUNCE JOINT VENTURE
Wellcome Trust and Merck launched a research and development joint venture with a not-for-profit mission to focus on developing affordable vaccines to prevent disease that commonly affect low-income countries. Read more...

MERCK AND JOHNSON & JOHNSON RECIEVE TOP GRADES FROM ACTIVISTS
The AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition gave Merck and Johnson & Johnson company, Tibotec Pharmaceuticals, top grades in an assessment of major pharmaceutical companies. Read more...

INCREASED USE OF TREATMENT FOR MENTAL ILLNESS
According to a new study by Sherry Glied of the New York State Psychiatric Institute at Columbia University, more Americans are using prescription drugs to treat mental illness.  Read more...