{"id":2059,"date":"2021-04-07T20:43:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T20:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merck.ca\/en\/?page_id=2059"},"modified":"2026-04-06T18:28:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:28:58","slug":"newsroom","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.merck.ca\/en\/newsroom\/","title":{"rendered":"News Releases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Latest News<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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 March 24, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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New Public Listings for Canadians Living with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension<\/a><\/strong>
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 March 18, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Merck Canada Obtains Gold Level Parity Certification from Women in Governance<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong>
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 March 13, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Merck Digital Sciences Studio Expands with Second Innovation Cohort to Advance Biopharma and Digital Health Progress in North America<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>
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 February 17, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Merck Health Canada Approves KEYTRUDA SC\u2122, a subcutaneous formulation of pembrolizumab across multiple cancer indications<\/strong><\/a><\/strong>
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 February 5, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Merck Announces Health Canada Approval of ENFLONSIA\u00ae for the prevention of RSV in newborns and infants<\/a><\/strong>
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 December 8, 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Saskatchewan Adds CAPVAXIVE\u00ae<\/sup> to Publicly Funded Adult Immunization Program<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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 November 20, 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Merck Canada and the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA) successfully complete negotiations for WINREVAIR\u00ae <\/sup>(sotatercept)<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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 November 5, 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Quebec Expands Public Funding for CAPVAXIVE\u00ae<\/sup><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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 August 13, 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Health Canada Approves KEYTRUDA\u00ae<\/sup> for Patients with Resectable Locally Advanced Head & Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Tumours that are PD-L1 (CPS) Positive as Neoadjuvant Treatment, Continued as Adjuvant Treatment Combined With Radiotherapy With or Without Cisplatin Then as Monotherapy<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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July 17, 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Health Canada Approves KEYTRUDA\u00ae<\/sup> for the treatment of adult patients with FIGO 2014 Stage III-IVA cervical cancer, in combination with chemoradiotherapy (CRT)1<\/sup><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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July 11, 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Merck Canada Statement on Dosing Recommendations for GARDASIL\u00ae<\/sup>9<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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June 20, 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Merck Digital Sciences Studio Opens in Canada to Accelerate Biopharmaceutical Innovation<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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March 05, 2024<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Merck Canada Launches Indigenous Student Scholarship<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Contact Our Media Team<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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This webpage is designed to provide members of the media with quick and easy access to recent information about Merck Canada. For more information about Merck Canada, please visit the Our Company<\/a> page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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