Post-Rebif, Merck KGaA Keeps Faith With MS Therapies
Executive Summary
CEO Stefan Oschmann is sticking to his previous forecast of annual peak sales of €500-700m for Mavenclad, excluding the US, and Merck has high hopes for another MS treatment, the BTK inhibitor evobrutinib, following promising Phase IIb data.
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