Sunday, November 10, 2013

Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE:MRK) To Present MK-7243 Phase III Study Findings





Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) announced the data for its investigational MK-7243 tablet from a Phase III clinical study involving 1,501 North American adult and pediatric patients. MK-7243 is a Timothy grass sublingual allergy immunotherapy tablet that had been accepted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for review Biologics License Applications alongside that of ragweed pollen sublingual allergy immunotherapy tablet. The company anticipates these reviews by the USFDA to be completed during 1H14.  To develop the sublingual allergy immunotherapy tablets, Merck had partnered with ALK-Abello.

The results for MK-7243 showed that the therapy demonstrated significant improvement in TCS (Total Combined Score), DSS (Daily Symptom Score) and DMS (Daily Medication Score) compared to placebo. Read more.

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