Merck to Present New Data for Investigational Hepatitis C Treatments MK-5172 and MK-8742 at EASL Annual Meeting/The International Liver Congress™ 2014

Dateline City: WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. Company to Initiate Phase 3 Clinical Development Program in Q2 2014 WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today that new Phase 2 data for its two investigational hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatments - MK-5172, an investigational HCV NS3/4A protease inhibitor, and MK-8742, an investigational HCV NS5A replication complex inhibitor – are scheduled to be presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), also known as The International Liver Congress™ 2014. Language: English Contact: MerckMedia Contacts:Caroline Lappetito, 267-305-7639Sarra Herzog, 908-423-6154orInvestor Contacts:Carol Ferguson, 908-423-4465Justin Holko, 908-423-5088 Ticker Slug: Ticker: MRK Exchange: NYSE read more
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