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Earnings release · 8-K Exhibit 99

Merck & Co. · Earnings release · 8-K Exhibit 99

MRK · Health Care

Filed 2025-04-24 · CY2025 Q2 · Company’s FY2025 Q2 · 1,704 words

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Merck reported first quarter sales of $15.5 billion, down 2% year-over-year, with U.S. sales up 14% offset by international decline of 16%. Keytruda grew 4% to $7.2 billion. Gardasil sales fell 41% globally due to China softness, dropping 62% in that market. Non-GAAP EPS reached $2.01 versus $2.07 prior year. Net income attributable to Merck rose 7% to $5.1 billion.

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EX-99.23tm2512885d1_ex99-2.htmEXHIBIT 99.2

Exhibit 99.2

MERCK & CO., INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME - GAAP

(AMOUNTS IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER SHARE FIGURES)

(UNAUDITED)

Table 1a

2025

2024

% Change

1Q

1Q

2Q

3Q

4Q

Full Year

1Q

Sales

$

15,529

$

15,775

$

16,112

$

16,657

$

15,624

$

64,168

-2

%

Costs, Expenses and Other

Cost of sales

3,419

3,540

3,745

4,080

3,828

15,193

-3

%

Selling, general and administrative

2,552

2,483

2,739

2,731

2,864

10,816

3

%

Research and development

3,621

3,992

3,500

5,862

4,585

17,938

-9

%

Restructuring costs

69

123

80

56

51

309

-44

%

Other (income) expense, net

(35

)

(33

)

42

(162

)

126

(24

)

6

%

Income Before Taxes

5,903

5,670

6,006

4,090

4,170

19,936

4

%

Income Tax Provision

818

903

545

929

425

2,803

Net Income

5,085

4,767

5,461

3,161

3,745

17,133

7

%

Less: Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests

6

5

6

4

2

16

Net Income Attributable to Merck & Co., Inc.

$

5,079

$

4,762

$

5,455

$

3,157

$

3,743

$

17,117

7

%

Earnings per Common Share Assuming Dilution

$

2.01

$

1.87

$

2.14

$

1.24

$

1.48

$

6.74

7

%

Average Shares Outstanding Assuming Dilution

2,531

2,544

2,544

2,541

2,537

2,541

Tax Rate

13.9

%

15.9

%

9.1

%

22.7

%

10.2

%

14.1

%

Sum of quarterly amounts may not equal year-to-date amounts due to rounding.

MERCK & CO., INC.

FIRST QUARTER 2024 GAAP TO NON-GAAP RECONCILIATION

(AMOUNTS IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER SHARE

FIGURES)

(UNAUDITED)

Table 2b

GAAP

Acquisition- and Divestiture-

Related Costs (1)

Restructuring Costs (2)

(Income) Loss from

Investments in Equity

Securities

Adjustment Subtotal

Non-GAAP

First Quarter

Cost of sales

$

3,540

463

116

579

$

2,961

Selling, general and administrative

2,483

21

5

26

2,457

Research and development

3,992

16

2

18

3,974

Restructuring costs

123

123

123

–

Other (income) expense, net

(33

)

(4

)

(116

)

(120

)

87

Income Before Taxes

5,670

(496

)

(246

)

116

(626

)

6,296

Income Tax Provision (Benefit)

903

(92

)(3)

(42

)(3)

25

(3)

(109

)

1,012

Net Income

4,767

(404

)

(204

)

91

(517

)

5,284

Net Income Attributable to Merck & Co., Inc.

4,762

(404

)

(204

)

91

(517

)

5,279

Earnings per Common Share Assuming Dilution

$

1.87

(0.16

)

(0.08

)

0.04

(0.20

)

$

2.07

Tax Rate

15.9

%

16.1

%

Only the line items that are affected by non-GAAP adjustments are shown.

The company is providing certain non-GAAP information that excludes certain items because of the nature of these items and the impact they have on the analysis of underlying business performance and trends. Management believes that providing non-GAAP information enhances investors’ understanding of the company’s results because management uses non-GAAP measures to assess performance. Management uses non-GAAP measures internally for planning and forecasting purposes and to measure the performance of the company along with other metrics. In addition, annual employee compensation, including senior management’s compensation, is derived in part using a non-GAAP pretax income metric. The non-GAAP information presented should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for or superior to, information prepared in accordance with GAAP.

(1)Amounts included in cost of sales primarily reflect expenses for the amortization of intangible assets. Amounts included in selling,

general and administrative expenses reflect integration, transaction and certain other costs related to acquisitions and divestitures.

Amounts included in research and development expenses primarily reflect the amortization of intangible assets. Amounts included in other

(income) expense, net, primarily reflect royalty income related to the prior termination of the Sanofi-Pasteur MSD joint venture.

(2)Amounts primarily include employee separation costs, accelerated depreciation and asset impairments associated with facilities

to be closed or divested related to activities under the company's formal restructuring programs.

(3)Represents the estimated tax impacts on the reconciling items based on applying the statutory rate of the originating territory of the

non-GAAP adjustments.

MERCK & CO., INC.

FRANCHISE / KEY PRODUCT SALES

FIRST QUARTER 2025

(AMOUNTS IN MILLIONS)

(UNAUDITED)

Table 3a

Global

U.S.

International

1Q 2025

1Q 2024

% Change

1Q 2025

1Q 2024

% Change

1Q 2025

1Q 2024

% Change

TOTAL SALES (1)

$

15,529

$

15,775

-2

$

8,522

$

7,478

14

$

7,007

$

8,297

-16

PHARMACEUTICAL

13,638

14,006

-3

7,927

6,936

14

5,711

7,070

-19

Oncology

Keytruda

7,205

6,947

4

4,308

4,119

5

2,897

2,828

2

Alliance Revenue – Lynparza (2)

312

292

7

145

135

7

168

157

7

Alliance Revenue – Lenvima (2)

258

255

1

186

173

8

72

82

-12

Welireg

137

85

62

123

77

59

15

7

98

Alliance Revenue – Reblozyl (3)

119

71

68

101

58

72

18

12

47

Vaccines(4)

Gardasil/Gardasil 9

1,327

2,249

-41

536

488

10

790

1,761

-55

ProQuad/M-M-R II/Varivax

539

570

-5

423

438

-3

116

133

-12

Vaxneuvance

230

219

5

139

161

-14

92

58

59

RotaTeq

228

216

5

164

149

10

64

67

-4

Capvaxive

107

-

106

-

1

-

Pneumovax 23

41

61

-33

-2

6

-126

42

55

-23

Hospital Acute Care

Bridion

441

440

-

378

329

15

63

111

-43

Prevymis

208

174

19

102

74

37

106

100

6

Dificid

83

73

13

72

68

6

11

5

117

Zerbaxa

70

56

24

42

33

27

28

23

20

Cardiovascular

Winrevair

280

-

268

-

12

-

Alliance Revenue - Adempas/Verquvo (5)

106

98

8

97

90

8

9

8

12

Adempas(6)

68

70

-3

68

70

-3

Virology

Lagevrio

102

350

-71

35

45

-21

67

305

-78

Isentress/Isentress HD

90

111

-19

51

50

2

39

61

-35

Delstrigo

67

56

19

15

12

28

52

44

17

Pifeltro

45

42

7

32

29

8

13

13

2

Neuroscience

Belsomra

50

46

8

13

15

-10

37

32

16

Immunology

Simponi

184

-100

184

-100

Remicade

39

-100

39

-100

Diabetes(7)

Januvia

549

419

31

344

183

88

204

236

-13

Janumet

247

251

-2

65

39

68

182

212

-14

Other Pharmaceutical (8)

729

632

16

184

165

12

545

467

17

ANIMAL HEALTH

1,588

1,511

5

502

474

6

1,086

1,037

5

Livestock

924

850

9

194

166

17

730

683

7

Companion Animal

664

661

-

308

308

-

356

354

1

Other Revenues (9)

303

258

17

93

68

37

210

190

11

Sum of U.S. plus international may not equal global due to rounding.

(1) Only select products are shown.

(2) Alliance Revenue represents the company's share of profits, which are product sales net of cost of sales and commercialization costs.

(3) Alliance Revenue represents royalties.

(4) Total Vaccines sales were $2,607 million and $3,424 million on a global basis in the first quarter of 2025 and 2024, respectively.

(5) Alliance Revenue represents the company's share of profits from sales in Bayer's marketing territories, which are product sales net of cost of sales and commercialization costs.

(6) Net product sales in the company's marketing territories.

(7) Total Diabetes sales were $876 million and $745 million on a global basis in the first quarter of 2025 and 2024, respectively.

(8) Includes Pharmaceutical products not individually shown above.

(9) Other Revenues are comprised primarily of revenues from third-party manufacturing arrangements and miscellaneous corporate revenues, including revenue-hedging activities. Other Revenues related to the receipt of upfront and milestone payments for out-licensed products were $95 million in the first quarter of 2025 and $61 million in the first quarter of 2024.

MERCK & CO., INC.

PHARMACEUTICAL GEOGRAPHIC SALES

(AMOUNTS IN MILLIONS)

(UNAUDITED)

Table 3b

2025

2024

% Change

1Q

1Q

2Q

3Q

4Q

Full Year

1Q

TOTAL PHARMACEUTICAL

$

13,638

$

14,006

$

14,408

$

14,943

$

14,042

$

57,400

-3

United States

7,927

6,936

7,399

8,227

7,728

30,290

14

% Pharmaceutical Sales

58.1

%

49.5

%

51.4

%

55.1

%

55.0

%

52.8

%

Europe(1)

2,384

2,555

2,572

2,620

2,498

10,246

-7

% Pharmaceutical Sales

17.5

%

18.2

%

17.9

%

17.5

%

17.8

%

17.9

%

China(2)

668

1,744

1,790

996

864

5,394

-62

% Pharmaceutical Sales

4.9

%

12.5

%

12.4

%

6.7

%

6.2

%

9.4

%

Japan

651

802

664

919

813

3,199

-19

% Pharmaceutical Sales

4.8

%

5.7

%

4.6

%

6.2

%

5.8

%

5.6

%

Latin America

589

601

661

730

680

2,672

-2

% Pharmaceutical Sales

4.3

%

4.3

%

4.6

%

4.9

%

4.8

%

4.7

%

Asia Pacific (other than China and Japan)

535

580

595

669

612

2,457

-8

% Pharmaceutical Sales

3.9

%

4.1

%

4.1

%

4.5

%

4.4

%

4.3

%

Eastern Europe/Middle East/Africa

435

395

353

400

348

1,495

10

% Pharmaceutical Sales

3.2

%

2.8

%

2.4

%

2.7

%

2.5

%

2.6

%

Canada

125

138

143

133

144

558

-9

% Pharmaceutical Sales

0.9

%

1.0

%

1.0

%

0.9

%

1.0

%

1.0

%

Other

324

255

231

249

355

1,089

27

% Pharmaceutical Sales

2.4

%

1.9

%

1.6

%

1.5

%

2.5

%

1.7

%

Sum

of quarterly amounts may not equal year-to-date amounts due to rounding.

(1) Europe represents all European Union countries,

the European Union accession markets and the United Kingdom.

(2)Gardasil/Gardasil 9 sales in China were $193 million in the first quarter of 2025 and $1,253 million, $1,312 million, $517 million and

$446 million in the first, second, third and fourth quarter of 2024, respectively.

MERCK & CO., INC.

OTHER (INCOME) EXPENSE, NET - GAAP

(AMOUNTS IN MILLIONS)

(UNAUDITED)

Table 4

OTHER (INCOME) EXPENSE, NET

1Q25

1Q24

Interest income

$

(109

)

$

(73

)

Interest expense

313

303

Exchange losses

90

83

Income from investments in equity securities, net (1)

(90

)

(143

)

Net periodic defined benefit plan (credit) cost other than service cost

(148

)

(160

)

Other, net

(91

)

(43

)

Total

$

(35

)

$

(33

)

(1) Includes net realized and unrealized gains and losses from investments in equity securities either owned directly or through ownership interests in investment funds. Unrealized gains and losses from investments that are directly owned are determined at the end of the reporting period, while gains and losses from ownership interests in investment funds are accounted for on a one quarter lag.

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CategoryUnderlinedWord counterModel’s count
AI

AI, artificial intelligence, generative AI, machine learning, large language model, LLM

000
Layoffs

layoffs, RIF, headcount reduction, workforce optimization, restructuring

4—0
Recession

recession, downturn, contraction, slowdown

000
Tariffs

tariff, trade war, trade barriers, trade restrictions, trade policy

000
Buybacks

share repurchase, buyback program

0—0

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Theme · China Gardasil weakness

“China sales $668 million down 62% versus $1,744 million prior year; Gardasil/Gardasil 9 China sales $193 million versus $1,253 million”

Theme · Keytruda steady growth

“Keytruda $7,205 million, up 4% versus $6,947 million prior year, with U.S. up 5% and International up 2%”

Theme · Gardasil global decline

“Gardasil/Gardasil 9 global sales $1,327 million down 41% from $2,249 million, International down 55%”

Theme · Winrevair launch contribution

“Winrevair sales $280 million in first quarter 2025, $268 million in U.S., $12 million International”

Theme · Capvaxive new product uptake

“Capvaxive sales $107 million in first quarter 2025, $106 million U.S., $1 million International”

Theme · Januvia U.S. rebound

“Januvia sales $549 million up 31%, U.S. $344 million up 88% from $183 million”

Theme · Lagevrio COVID decline

“Lagevrio sales $102 million down 71% from $350 million, International down 78%”

Theme · research spending decline

“Research and development $3,621 million down 9% from $3,992 million”

Theme · restructuring cost reduction

“Restructuring costs $69 million down 44% from $123 million, employee separation costs and accelerated depreciation”

Theme · animal health steady

“ANIMAL HEALTH sales $1,588 million up 5% from $1,511 million, Livestock up 9%, Companion Animal flat”

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