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Acronyms
100
Keytruda received accelerated approval in 2014 for this cancer type.
Metastatic Melanoma
100
This leader enjoys watching the LA Dodgers when they're not able to root for the Giants.
Takayuki
100
This Merck site previously was a roller rink.
SF
100
A bioreversible derivative of a drug molecule that must undergo a change in vivo to release the parent drug.
Prodrug
100
Merck's DMPK group
PDMB
200
This Merck PAH molecule was approved in the EU in 2024.
Winrevair/Sotatercept
200
This leader was a foreign exchange student in high school.
Alema
200
This Merck site has living walls.
Boston MRL
200
Often referred to as an SSNRP.
Study Specific non-routine "pro"cedure
200
An APS is often used during in vivo studies.
Animal Procedure Statement
300
The first large-scale public vaccination program for PNEUMOVAX took place in what city.
Boston
300
This LT member is an avid triathlete.
Marie
300
There is an apiary at the following Merck site.
SF
300
This Sharp & Dohme President in the 1940s was often known as "the ________ of West Point?"
Proud Parent
300
The acronym ISR can stand for what two things.
Integrated Study Report and Injection Site Reaction
400
The name of Merck’s first HIV treatment that was approved in a record of 43 days by FDA.
CRIXIVAN/indinavir sulfate
400
This LT member recently visited Machu Picchu.
Ray
400
This Merck WP building has robot technology for aseptic manufacturing (and is also an essential vitamin).
B12
400
At approximately 11 billion Dollars, Merck acquired this Immunology focused company in June 2023.
Prometheus
400
This acronym was first used by Stan W. Woollen of the FDA’s Office of Enforcement in the 1990s.
ALCOA
500
Merck received first-ever approval from FDA for a new formulation type (oral pellets) for what drug?
Prevymis/letermovir
500
This LT member enjoys baking!
Chris
500
A program at MRL in San Francisco that focuses on fostering collaborations with emerging biotechnology companies in the Bay Area
Merck Exploratory Innovation Hub
500
The chemical 4-azaandrost-1-ene-17-carboxamide, N-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-3-oxo-,(5α,17β) with generic name Finasteride was the active ingredient in these TWO Merck Marketed Drugs.
Propecia, Proscar
500
Another acronym for EMA
CHMP