In the case of the Merck ivermectin program for river blindness, it took at least three such people: Campbell, whose team discovered that a horse medicine effectively kills the parasite behind ...

A new river blindness medicine is being introduced by a nonprofit pharmaceutical company in Ghana. More than 30 years after ...

Since 1987, Merck and the WHO had been partners in an innovative program to eliminate onchocerciasis, a leading cause of blindness in the developing world. Merck's donations of its breakthrough drug ...

According to WHO, river blindness is endemic in 34 countries worldwide, of which 31 are in Africa. At least 250 million people remain at risk of infection. In 1987, Merck made the landmark ...