Products1
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| Aggrastat® (tirofiban hydrochloride) |
In combination with heparin for treatment of acute coronary syndrome |
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| Arcoxia® (etoricoxib)2 |
Osteoarthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis (in adults)
Acute pain
Chronic pain
Dysmenorrhea (menstrual pain)
Acute gouty arthritis
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| Cancidas® (caspofungin acetate) |
Treatment of invasive aspergillosis in patients who did not respond to or were intolerant of other antifungal therapies
Candida infections: intra-abdominal abscesses, peritonitis (infections within the lining of the abdominal cavity), pleural space infections (infections within the lining of the lung)
Candidemia (bloodstream infection)
Esophageal candidiasis
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| Comvax® (Haemophilus b conjugate and hepatitis B [recombinant] vaccine) |
Haemophilus influenzae type b disease and hepatitis B disease |
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| Cosopt® (dorzolamide hydrochloride and timolol maleate) |
Lower intraocular pressure |
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| Cozaar® (losartan potassium) |
High blood pressure
Reduction in progression of renal disease in patients with Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure
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| Crixivan® (indinavir sulfate) |
HIV infection |
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| Fosamax® (alendronate sodium) |
Treatment and prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis
Reduction of osteoporotic fracture risk in postmenopausal women
Treatment of male osteoporosis to increase bone mass
Treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis
Pagets disease of the bone
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| Hyzaar® (losartan potassium and hydrochlorothiazide) |
High blood pressure |
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| Invanz® (ertapenem sodium) |
Treatment of many aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, particularly community acquired, such as complicated intra-abdominal and complicated skin and skin structure infections
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| Maxalt® (rizatriptan benzoate) |
Acute migraine |
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| Pepcid AC® (famotidine)3 |
Heartburn |
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| Propecia® (finasteride) |
Treatment of male pattern hair loss |
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| Proscar® (finasteride) |
Treatment of symptomatic benign prostate enlargement |
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| Singulair® (montelukast sodium) |
Chronic asthma–adults and in children as young as age 2
Seasonal allergic rhinitis–adults and in children as young as age 2
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| Stocrin® (efavirenz)4 |
HIV infection |
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| Timoptic-XE® (timolol maleate ophthalmic gel forming solution) |
Lower intraocular pressure |
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| Trusopt® (dorzolamide hydrochloride) |
Lower intraocular pressure |
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| Vaqta® (inactivated hepatitis A vaccine) |
Hepatitis A |
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Varivax® (varicella virus vaccine live [Oka/Merck strain]) |
Chickenpox |
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| Vioxx® (rofecoxib) |
Osteoarthritis
Acute pain (in adults)
Rheumatoid arthritis (in adults)
Dysmenorrhea (menstrual pain)
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| Zetia™ (ezetimibe)5 |
Elevated total and LDL cholesterol levels |
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| Zocor® (simvastatin) |
Elevated total cholesterol levels
Associated total/coronary mortality6
Lower LDL cholesterol
Raise HDL cholesterol
Reduce triglycerides
Reduce stroke risk6
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1This list excludes a number of older Company products introduced before 1990.
2Merck plans to refile an expanded New Drug Application (NDA) for Arcoxia to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the second half of 2003.
3Marketed by Johnson & Johnson Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals Co.
4Efavirenz is marketed by Bristol-Myers Squibb as Sustiva in the U.S., Canada and certain European countries, and by Merck in the rest of the world as Stocrin.
5Ezetimibe is under development around the globe (except in Japan) through a joint venture between Merck and Schering-Plough Corporation.
6In patients with coronary heart disease and elevated cholesterol.

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