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Results Demonstrate Strong Momentum Across Business
Third-Quarter 2021 Worldwide Sales Were $13.2 Billion, 20% Above Third-Quarter 2020; Excluding the Impact from Foreign Exchange, Sales Grew 19% Reflecting Strong Demand for the Company’s Robust Portfolio:
KEYTRUDA Sales Grew 22% to $4.5 Billion; Excluding the Impact from Foreign Exchange, Sales Grew 21%
GARDASIL/GARDASIL 9 Sales Grew 68% to $2.0 Billion; Excluding the Impact from Foreign Exchange, Sales Grew 63%
Animal Health Sales Grew 16% to $1.4 Billion; Excluding the Impact from Foreign Exchange, Sales Grew 14%
Third-Quarter 2021 GAAP EPS from Continuing Operations Was $1.80; Third-Quarter 2021 Non-GAAP EPS from Continuing Operations Was $1.75
Bolstered Innovation with Agreement to Acquire Acceleron Pharma, Complementing and Expanding Merck’s Cardiovascular Pipeline
Progressed Regulatory Applications, Secured Multiple Regulatory Approvals, and Saw Advancement of Key Government Recommendations, Including:
Submission of Emergency Use Authorization Application to FDA for Molnupiravir, an Investigational Oral Antiviral Medicine for the Treatment of At-Risk Patients with Mild-to-Moderate COVID-19
FDA Approval of WELIREG for the Treatment of Adult Patients with Certain Types of Von Hippel-Lindau Disease-Associated Tumors
FDA Approval of KEYTRUDA in Combination with Lenvima for the First-Line Treatment of Adult Patients with Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma
FDA Approval of KEYTRUDA in Combination with Chemotherapy, with or Without Bevacizumab, for the Treatment of Certain Patients with Persistent, Recurrent or Metastatic Cervical Cancer
U.S. CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Vote to Provisionally Recommend Vaccination with a Sequential Regimen of VAXNEUVANCE Followed by PNEUMOVAX 23 as an Option both for Adults 65 Years and Older and for Adults Ages 19 to 64 with Certain Underlying Medical Conditions
2021 Financial Outlook:
Raises and Narrows Estimated Full-Year 2021 Revenue Range to Be Between $47.4 Billion and $47.9 Billion, Including a Positive Impact from Foreign Exchange of Approximately 1.5%; Now Expects Full-Year 2021 Sales Growth of 14% to 15%
Raises and Narrows Full-Year 2021 GAAP EPS to be Between $4.71 and $4.76; Raises and Narrows Full-Year 2021 Non-GAAP EPS to be Between $5.65 and $5.70, Including a Positive Impact from Foreign Exchange of Approximately 2% |
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