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Merck (MRK) Commences Enrollment of MK-8228 Phase 3

July 24, 2014 8:33 AM EDT

Merck (NYSE: MRK) announced that the first patient has been enrolled in a global Phase 3 clinical study of letermovir (MK-8228), an investigational antiviral agent. The multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of letermovir for the prevention of clinically-significant cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in adult (18 years and older) CMV-seropositive recipients of allogeneic... More