Tag: Merck

May 19, 2017 Off

100 Healthy Years – Are Kids Prepared?

By Dino Mustafić

Merck, one of the worlds most renown science and technology companies, summoned experts from worlds organizations such as UN, UNICEF, UNAIDS, World Obesity Federation and McKinsey at the the company’s headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany, to discuss questions about the most urgent threats to our children’s long-term health, or what can be done both inside and outside the classroom? And how do schools, parents and communities share responsibility?

March 2, 2017 Off

NICE’s approval of Merck’s Erbitux combination gives more choice for mCRC patients in England

By Dino Mustafić

English wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) patients are getting more choice to a first-line effective treatment, as the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) gave a positive Final Appraisal Determination (FAD) recommending the routine National Health Service (NHS) use of Merck’s Erbitux (cetuximab) in combination with either Folfiri or Folfox.