Merck & Co., Inc. Second Quarter Profit More Than Doubles As Newer Drugs Offset Generics

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Merck Announces Second-Quarter 2014 Financial Results

* Second-Quarter 2014 Non-GAAP EPS of $0.85, Excluding Certain Items, and GAAP EPS of $0.68

* 2014 Full-Year Non-GAAP EPS Target of $3.43 to $3.53, Excluding Potential Venezuelan Bolivar Devaluation and Certain Other Items; 2014 Full-Year GAAP EPS Target of $4.44 to $4.77

* 2014 Full-Year Non-GAAP EPS Target Includes $0.06 to $0.09 Anticipated Dilution From Planned Sale of Merck Consumer Care and Research Collaboration With Bayer, and Planned Acquisition of Idenix

* Generated Worldwide Sales of $10.9 Billion, a Decrease of 1 Percent, Reflecting Unfavorable Impact of Patent Expiries, Divested Products and Decline in Sales of Hepatitis C Products

* Grew Top Five Franchises by 6 Percent in Total

* Pembrolizumab (MK-3475), an Investigational Anti-PD-1 Antibody, Accepted in Second Quarter for Regulatory Review in Both the United States and European Union

Tuesday, July 29, 2014 6:56 am EDT

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