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**Merck** is a multinational pharmaceutical company based in Kenilworth, New Jersey.((// | **Merck** is a multinational pharmaceutical company based in Kenilworth, New Jersey.((// | ||
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+ | ===== History ===== | ||
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+ | In May 2002, The [[:Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]] purchased stock in Merck.((Bank, | ||
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+ | ===== Affiliations ===== | ||
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+ | ==== World Economic Forum ==== | ||
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+ | Merck is a member organization of the [[:World Economic Forum]].((// | ||
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+ | ==== AcademyHealth ==== | ||
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+ | Merck is a contributing member of [[: | ||
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+ | ==== Campaign to Censor & Smear MD VIOXX Critics ==== | ||
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+ | CBS News By Jim Edwards MoneyWatch May 6, 2009, | ||
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+ | Merck made a "hit list" of doctors who criticized Vioxx, according to testimony in a Vioxx class action case in Australia. The list, emailed between Merck employees, contained doctors' | ||
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===== COVID-19 ===== | ===== COVID-19 ===== | ||
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+ | Merck is part of the [[:COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator]] funded by the [[:Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]], | ||
==== Ivermectin ==== | ==== Ivermectin ==== | ||
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Antiviral Molnupiravir Reduced the Risk of Hospitalization or Death by Approximately 50 Percent Compared to Placebo for Patients | Antiviral Molnupiravir Reduced the Risk of Hospitalization or Death by Approximately 50 Percent Compared to Placebo for Patients | ||
with Mild or Moderate COVID-19 in Positive Interim Analysis of Phase 3 Study.// Merck. Retrieved December 5, 2021, from https:// | with Mild or Moderate COVID-19 in Positive Interim Analysis of Phase 3 Study.// Merck. Retrieved December 5, 2021, from https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Africa Vaccine Campaigns ==== | ||
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+ | Merck, Gates Foundation Give $60 Million to Fight HIV/AIDS in Botswana | ||
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+ | The Merck Company and [[:Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]] have announced a joint five-year, $60 million contribution to a public-private partnership working to fight HIV/AIDS in Botswana. | ||
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+ | Each foundation will contribute $30 million to the [[:African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships]] (ACHAP) to support new and ongoing efforts to meet the needs of the 137,000 Batswana (people from Botswana) living with HIV. ACHAP' | ||
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+ | Between 2001 and 2007, ACHAP, which is led by the government of Botswana, helped prevent an estimated 53,000 HIV-related deaths. Today, some 90 percent of Batswana living with HIV receive treatment, compared to less than 5 percent when the program began nine years ago. | ||
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+ | "For nearly ten years, Merck has been a partner in helping the government of Botswana save the lives of thousands of people living with HIV and AIDS, and we are confident our new funding will continue to contribute to the well-being of the country," | ||
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