03:40 AM EST, 03/06/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates to add the companies' comments in the fifth and sixth paragraphs) Merck ( MRK ) is facing a patent dispute that threatens its plans to sell a new version of Keytruda, its top-selling cancer drug, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The report said the new version, which allows for injection instead...

LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) - Reckitt, the maker of Dettol cleaning products and Strepsils throat lozenges, on Thursday missed expectations for fourth-quarter like-for-like net sales as a late flu and cold season dented demand for its over-the-counter medicines. The British company said it expects full-year like-for-like net sales growth of between 2% and 4%, and that it has so far...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Global independent storage operator Vopak said on Thursday that it will expand its joint-venture terminal in Thailand to handle U.S. ethane imports for state energy firm PTT Global Chemical from 2029. Petrochemical firms across Asia, led by China, are planning to ramp up imports of cheaper ethane flowing from the U.S. shale gas boom to diversify raw...

* Buyers consider offers too high, with spot prices below $200/T * Q1 premium agreed at $228/T, highest in nearly 10 years * Negotiations expected to continue until later this month (Recasts with another offer, adds bullets, quote in paragraph 8) By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO, March 6 (Reuters) - Global aluminium producers have sought premiums of $245-$260 per metric ton...