Tags: US Food and Drug Administration

U.S. regulators are likely to approve Merck & Co's highly anticipated immuno-oncology drug, pembrolizumab, as a treatment for melanoma well ahead of a late October deadline, according to three sources familiar with the situation.

According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, the whole peaches, plums, nectarines and pluots that are being sold under the Sweet 2 Eat brand are being recalled by Wawona Packing Company of California. The products are also being labeled under the Wawona or Harvest Sweet brands, The Star reported.

A panel of judges decided yesterday to consolidate the cases lodged against pharmaceutical companies Abbott Laboratories and AbbVie Inc over the risks that they allegedly hid of taking the testosterone-replacement drug AndroGel, Bloomberg said.