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Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) today provided an update on the approval process and timeline for the Company’s pending merger with Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG). The Company remains actively engaged in discussions with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") on the FTC's continued review of the proposed transaction. 
Bayer announced that the regorafenib arm of the platform trial "GBM AGILE" (Glioblastoma Adaptive Global Innovative Learning Environment) opened for enrollment in the US for patients with newly diagnosed and recurrent glioblastoma, the most aggressive and common form of primary brain cancer. This marks the start of an international, innovative study with a seamless Phase II/III design set up to rapidly identify effective therapies for patients with GBM; 
Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced full data from the CAROLINA® trial demonstrating that Trajenta® (linagliptin) did not increase cardiovascular risk compared to glimepiride in adults with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular risk.(1) The findings were reported today at the American Diabetes Association's 79th Scientific Sessions in San Francisco. 
Novartis announced results from the landmark COMBI-d and COMBI-v clinical trials, concluding that first-line treatment with Tafinlar (dabrafenib) and Mekinist (trametinib) offers both overall and progression-free long-term survival benefits to patients with unresectable or metastatic BRAF-mutation positive melanoma. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) announced the future leadership team of the combined company effective upon completion of the company’s pending merger with Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG). The company is evolving key aspects of its R&D and Commercialization structure to drive the continued growth of a highly successful marketed portfolio, maximize the six near-term launch opportunities and deliver the value of the combined pipeline, Novartis announced statistically significant overall survival (OS) results for Kisqali in combination with endocrine therapy[1]. The Phase 3 MONALEESA-7 trial evaluated Kisqali plus endocrine therapy (goserelin plus either an aromatase inhibitor or tamoxifen) as initial treatment compared to endocrine therapy alone in pre- and perimenopausal women with hormone receptor positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 negative (HR+/HER2-) advanced or metastatic breast cancer[1]. 
Merck, a leading science and technology company, joins the global multiple sclerosis (MS) community in recognition of World MS Day, an initiative created by the Multiple Sclerosis International Federation (MSIF) to raise awareness of the 2.3 million people worldwide living with this challenging disease. In support of this year’s World MS Day theme, #MyInvisibleMS, Merck is making MS visible through a variety of initiatives aimed at shining a light on the hidden symptoms of MS.