Merck's focus on discovering and developing medicines and vaccines has resulted in products that have helped millions of patients around the world. We plan to drive the continued success of our franchises through new products, new indications and formulations for existing products, and clinical trials that demonstrate their safety and efficacy. The following is a list of selected Merck medicines and vaccines.
| Arcoxia® (etoricoxib) |
- Osteoarthritis
- Rheumatoid arthritis (adult)
- Acute pain
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- Chronic low back pain
- Dysmenorrhea (menstrual pain)
- Acute gouty arthritis
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| Cancidas® (caspofungin acetate) |
- Empiric therapy for presumed fungal infections in febrile, neutropenic patients
- 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 (meningococcal protein conjugate) and
hepatitis B (recombinant) vaccine] |
- Simultaneous vaccination against 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, hypertension and nephropathy
- Reduction of stroke risk in patients with hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy(1)
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| Crixivan® (indinavir sulfate) |
- Treatment of HIV infection in combination with antiretroviral agents
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| Emend® (aprepitant) |
- Prevention of nausea and vomiting induced by highly emetogenic chemotherapy
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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
- Paget’s disease of the bone
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| Hyzaar® (losartan potassium and hydrochlorothiazide) |
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| Invanz® (ertapenem sodium) |
- Treatment of moderate to severe infections caused by susceptible strains of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, such as complicated intra-abdominal and complicated skin and skin structure infections
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| Maxalt® (rizatriptan benzoate) |
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M-M-R® II [measles, mumps and rubella
virus vaccine live] |
- Simultaneous vaccination against measles, mumps, rubella
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| Pneumovax® 23 [pneumococcal vaccine polyvalent] |
- Vaccination against pneumococcal disease
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| Primaxin® (imipenem and cilastatin) |
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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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| Recombivax HB® [hepatitis B vaccine (recombinant)] |
- Vaccination against hepatitis B
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| Singulair® (montelukast sodium) |
- Chronic asthma–adults and children as young as 12-months old
- Seasonal allergic rhinitis–adults and children as young as age 2
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| Stocrin® (efavirenz)(2) |
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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® [hepatitis A vaccine inactivated] |
- Vaccination against hepatitis A
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| Varivax® [varicella virus vaccine live (Oka/Merck)] |
- Vaccination against chickenpox
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| Vytorin® (ezetimibe simvastatin)(3) |
- Elevated total cholesterol levels
- Lower LDL cholesterol
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- Raise HDL cholesterol
- Reduce triglycerides
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| Zetia® (ezetimibe)(3) |
- Elevated cholesterol levels
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| Zocor® (simvastatin) |
- Elevated total cholesterol levels
- Associated total/coronary
mortality(4)
- Lower LDL cholesterol
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- Raise HDL cholesterol
- Reduce triglycerides
- Reduce stroke risk(4)
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