The Latest Breaking News from MRK

Merck & Co Inc (NYSE:MRK) is pushing forward with a potential deal for Seagen Inc (NASDAQ:SGEN), Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The Journal mentioned that the deal could be one of the largest takeovers of the year. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Merck was in talks to…

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Merck & Co (NYSE:MRK). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Although the heightened market volatility has caused several pharma stocks to slump in price, the sector’s long-term prospects look bright. This sector has been attracting massive investments and could remain in the limelight in the near term. So, we think it should be wise to buy and hold mega-cap pharmaceutical…

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on Merck & Co. Looking at options history for Merck & Co (NYSE:MRK) we detected 10 strange trades.

Market sentiment was mostly unchanged on Monday, as investors await the May inflation report. Given the market uncertainties, we think investing in high-yielding dividend stocks that are part of the Dow Jones index—commonly known as the Dogs of the Dow—might the ideal strategy now. And our top choices among these…

Merck & Co Inc (NYSE:MRK) and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics announced that the Annals of Internal Medicine had published additional data from the Phase 3 MOVe-OUT trial of Lagevrio (molnupiravir) in non-hospitalized COVID-19 patients at high risk for progressing to severe disease. A lower proportion of molnupiravir-treated participants in the modified intent-to-treat population had an acute care…

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on Merck & Co. Looking at options history for Merck & Co (NYSE:MRK) we detected 14 strange trades.

The stock market closed the last trading session of May in the red, underscoring inflation fears and rising oil prices. Furthermore, strategists expect the broad market to decline further, given the inflationary pressures and the Fed’s monetary tightening. Hence, we think stocks that have outpaced the broader market so far…

The Fed’s aggressive interest rate increases to tame multi-decade high inflation, and an anticipated economic slowdown, have exacerbated market volatility of late. To protect against the market uncertainties, we think investors should consider investing in low-beta stocks Merck (MRK), Gilead Sciences (GILD), and AmerisourceBergen (ABC). Let’s discuss why.