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Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK<\/span>) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call July 29, 2025 9:00 AM ET<\/p>\n

Company Participants<\/strong><\/p>\n

Caroline A. Litchfield – Executive VP & CFO
Dean Y. Li – Executive VP & President of Merck Research Laboratories
Peter Dannenbaum – Vice President of Investor Relations
Robert M. Davis – Chairman, President & CEO<\/p>\n

Conference Call Participants<\/strong><\/p>\n

Akash Tewari – Jefferies LLC, Research Division
Alexandria Janet Hammond – Wolfe Research, LLC
Asad Haider – Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research Division
Christopher Thomas Schott – JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division
Courtney Breen – Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC., Research Division
Daina Michelle Graybosch – Leerink Partners LLC, Research Division
Evan David Seigerman – BMO Capital Markets Equity Research
James John Shin – Deutsche Bank AG, Research Division
Mohit Bansal – Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Research Division
Terence C. Flynn – Morgan Stanley, Research Division
Timothy Minton Anderson – BofA Securities, Research Division
Trung Chuong Huynh – UBS Investment Bank, Research Division
Umer Raffat – Evercore ISI Institutional Equities, Research Division
Vamil Kishore Divan – Guggenheim Securities, LLC, Research Division<\/p>\n

Operator<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, N.J., USA Q2 Sales and Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] This call is being recorded. If you have any objections, you may disconnect at this time.<\/p>\n

I would now like to turn the conference over to Mr. Peter Dannenbaum, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations. Sir, you may begin.<\/p>\n

Peter Dannenbaum<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank you, Shirley, and good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Second Quarter 2025 Conference Call for Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, N.J., USA. Speaking on today’s call will be Rob Davis, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Caroline Litchfield, Chief Financial Officer; and Dr. Dean Li, President of Research Labs.<\/p>\n

Before we get started, I’d like to point<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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