U.S. pharmaceutical giant Merck said Thursday that it will limit drug price increases and lower the price of several treatments. Repeatedly slammed by President Donald Trump over drug prices, the Kenilworth, N.J.-based company did not reference Trump in making the announcement.        

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    The pharmaceutical giant’s new treatment, sotatercept, showed significant benefits for the thousands of patients suffering from pulmonary arterial hypertension in clinical trials. Nearly 40,000 ...
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