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The chorus to add Apple to the Dow Jones Industrial Average has reached a fever pitch, as this iconic company wears the crown for the world's largest corporation.

The Ministry of Health in partnership with Merck & Co., Inc. , which is popular as MSD outside the United States and Canada, has been introduced the first national rotavirus vaccination program with its ROTATEQ vaccine to be used for the prevention of rotavirus disease.

Riley Cerabona suffers from CLOVES, a rare disease affecting children. Her mother lobbied doctors at Boston Children's Hospital to research the disease.

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The competition in the treatment of multiple sclerosis has been heating up. Merck , Novartis , Sanofi , Biogen , and Teva have all invested heavily in developing an oral drug to treat multiple sclerosis.

There was plenty of debate about the new health-care law in the 2010 congressional elections while little, if any, on birth control .

Investors, analysts, members of the media and the general public are invited to listen to a live audio webcast of the presentation at: http://www.merck.com/investors/events-and-presentations/home.html . Today's Merck is a global healthcare leader working to help the world be well.

For the year-to-date, Merck & Co. Inc.'sA shares are down 0.29 percent. On Tuesday, Bloomberg reported that Merck has made a $25 per share offer onA Amylin Pharmaceuticals .

Light was selected by the MS community as the overall winner of the " Real MS: Your Innovation" campaign, a global design competition sponsored by Merck Serono that challenged the MS community to submit unique and innovative ideas to help people overcome MS-related challenges.

FaceBook revealed a serious flaw when it cost investors and their company over 15 billion dollars in only one week.

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Said to Draw First-Round Bids From Merck & Co., Inc.

IntelGenx Corp. today announced the completion of the pivotal bioequivalence study for a novel oral thin-film formulation of Rizatriptan, the active drug in Maxalt-MLT orally disintegrating tablets.

Walt Disney Co.'s "The Avengers" might meet its box office forecast of $40 million over the coming three-day weekend, but Sony Pictures' "Men in Black 3" is projected to gross around $80 million in North America, which would pretty much double that of the former title, says the Los Angeles Times .

Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. , the diabetes drugmaker that's up for sale, has received first-round bids from Sanofi and Merck & Co.

Merck , known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, welcomes today's launch in Rwanda of Africa's first national rotavirus vaccination program with ROTATEQ A , Merck's vaccine for the prevention of rotavirus disease.

Globally known as the world's largest drug maker, Pfizer leads a set of drug manufacturing companies in one of the most profitable industries.

Breaking its previous mid-80 cent low, Zalicus has fallen, but on the heels of ZERO negative news.

The Blood Sugar Basics Game Plan, developed by the American College of Endocrinology , with support from Merck   , is kicking off to help the nearly 26 million people in the U.S. who have diabetes find new ways to help manage their disease.

Kraft Foods Incorporated maintained its quarterly dividend of 29 cents per share.

Industrial enzyme developer Codexis has had its supply contract extended by Merck & Co and been granted key patents for its Hep-C enzymes.