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Merck says its new diabetes drug works just as well as Roche's treatment.

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Merck's trial showed similar vision improvement to Lucentis, but reported more serious eye events and dropouts, leaving the news balanced for Merck.

MRK · Merck & Co. Inc.

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The BRUNELLO topline shows Merck's candidate produced vision improvement similar to Roche's Lucentis at 52 weeks, which supports Merck's retinal drug program. The report also notes higher rates of proliferative diabetic retinopathy, vitreous hemorrhage, and treatment discontinuations with remigromig, which raises safety questions that need further detail before the news can be judged clearly positive.

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