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Earnings release · 8-K Exhibit 99

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

MRK · Health Care

Filed 2025-07-25 · CY2025 Q3 · Company’s FY2025 Q3 · 2,714 words

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Merck reported Q2 2025 sales of $15.8 billion, down 2% year-over-year, with net income declining 19% to $4.4 billion. Keytruda grew 9% globally to $8.0 billion, offsetting a 55% decline in Gardasil due to China dynamics. U.S. pharmaceutical sales rose 13% while international fell 18%. R&D expenses increased 16% to $4.0 billion. Restructuring costs rose to $560 million in the quarter. The tax rate was 11.4%.

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EX-99.23tm2521736d1_ex99-2.htmEXHIBIT 99.2

Exhibit 99.2

MERCK & CO., INC., RAHWAY, N.J., USA

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME - GAAP

(AMOUNTS IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER SHARE FIGURES)

(UNAUDITED)

Table 1a

2025

2024

% Change

1Q

2Q

June

YTD

1Q

2Q

June

YTD

3Q

4Q

Full

Year

2Q

June

YTD

Sales

$

15,529

$

15,806

$

31,335

$

15,775

$

16,112

$

31,887

$

16,657

$

15,624

$

64,168

-2

%

-2

%

Costs, Expenses and Other

Cost of sales

3,419

3,557

6,976

3,540

3,745

7,285

4,080

3,828

15,193

-5

%

-4

%

Selling, general and administrative

2,552

2,649

5,202

2,483

2,739

5,221

2,731

2,864

10,816

-3

%

0

%

Research and development

3,621

4,048

7,669

3,992

3,500

7,492

5,862

4,585

17,938

16

%

2

%

Restructuring costs

69

560

629

123

80

202

56

51

309

*

*

Other (income) expense, net

(35

)

(7

)

(43

)

(33

)

42

12

(162

)

126

(24

)

*

*

Income Before Taxes

5,903

4,999

10,902

5,670

6,006

11,675

4,090

4,170

19,936

-17

%

-7

%

Income Tax Provision

818

571

1,388

903

545

1,447

929

425

2,803

Net Income

5,085

4,428

9,514

4,767

5,461

10,228

3,161

3,745

17,133

-19

%

-7

%

Less: Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests

6

1

8

5

6

11

4

2

16

Net Income Attributable to Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, N.J., USA

$

5,079

$

4,427

$

9,506

$

4,762

$

5,455

$

10,217

$

3,157

$

3,743

$

17,117

-19

%

-7

%

Earnings per Common Share Assuming Dilution

$

2.01

$

1.76

$

3.77

$

1.87

$

2.14

$

4.02

$

1.24

$

1.48

$

6.74

-18

%

-6

%

Average Shares Outstanding Assuming Dilution

2,531

2,513

2,522

2,544

2,544

2,544

2,541

2,537

2,541

Tax Rate

13.9

%

11.4

%

12.7

%

15.9

%

9.1

%

12.4

%

22.7

%

10.2

%

14.1

%

*

100% or greater

Sum

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

MERCK & CO., INC., RAHWAY, N.J., USA

THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 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

Certain

Other

Items

Adjustment

Subtotal

Non-GAAP

Second Quarter

Cost of sales

$

3,745

606

66

672

$

3,073

Selling, general and administrative

2,739

24

31

55

2,684

Research and development

3,500

20

20

3,480

Restructuring costs

80

80

80

–

Other (income) expense, net

42

(17

)

(49

)

(66

)

108

Income Before Taxes

6,006

(633

)

(177

)

49

(761

)

6,767

Income Tax Provision (Benefit)

545

(129

)(3)

(30

)(3)

11

(3)

(259

)(4)

(407

)

952

Net Income

5,461

(504

)

(147

)

38

259

(354

)

5,815

Net Income Attributable to Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, N.J., USA

5,455

(504

)

(147

)

38

259

(354

)

5,809

Earnings per Common Share Assuming Dilution

$

2.14

(0.20

)

(0.06

)

0.02

0.10

(0.14

)

$

2.28

Tax Rate

9.1

%

14.1

%

June YTD

Cost of sales

$

7,285

1,069

182

1,251

$

6,034

Selling, general and administrative

5,221

45

36

81

5,140

Research and development

7,492

36

2

38

7,454

Restructuring costs

202

202

202

–

Other (income) expense, net

12

(21

)

(165

)

(186

)

198

Income Before Taxes

11,675

(1,129

)

(422

)

165

(1,386

)

13,061

Income Tax Provision (Benefit)

1,447

(221

)(3)

(72

)(3)

36

(3)

(259

)(4)

(516

)

1,963

Net Income

10,228

(908

)

(350

)

129

259

(870

)

11,098

Net Income Attributable to Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, N.J., USA

10,217

(908

)

(350

)

129

259

(870

)

11,087

Earnings per Common Share Assuming Dilution

$

4.02

(0.35

)

(0.14

)

0.05

0.10

(0.34

)

$

4.36

Tax Rate

12.4

%

15.0

%

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 and accelerated depreciation 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.

(4)Represents a benefit due to a reduction in reserves for unrecognized income tax benefits resulting from the expiration of the statute

of limitations for assessments related to the 2019 federal tax return year.

MERCK & CO., INC., RAHWAY, N.J., USA

FRANCHISE

/ KEY PRODUCT SALES

SECOND

QUARTER 2025

(AMOUNTS

IN MILLIONS)

(UNAUDITED)

Table

3a

Global

U.S.

International

2Q 2025

2Q 2024

% Change

2Q 2025

2Q 2024

% Change

2Q 2025

2Q 2024

% Change

TOTAL SALES (1)

$

15,806

$

16,112

-2

$

8,836

$

7,876

12

$

6,969

$

8,236

-15

PHARMACEUTICAL

14,050

14,408

-2

8,328

7,399

13

5,722

7,009

-18

Oncology

Keytruda

7,956

7,270

9

4,749

4,412

8

3,207

2,858

12

Alliance Revenue – Lynparza (2)

370

317

17

174

153

14

195

165

19

Alliance Revenue – Lenvima (2)

265

249

6

183

177

3

83

73

14

Welireg

162

126

29

138

116

19

24

10

155

Alliance Revenue – Reblozyl (3)

107

90

19

88

75

18

19

15

24

Vaccines(4)

Gardasil/Gardasil 9

1,126

2,478

-55

545

536

2

581

1,941

-70

ProQuad/M-M-R II/Varivax

609

617

-1

481

490

-2

128

127

1

Vaxneuvance

229

189

21

136

99

38

93

90

3

Capvaxive

129

-

129

-

RotaTeq

121

163

-26

60

107

-44

61

56

9

Pneumovax 23

38

59

-36

5

11

-57

33

48

-31

Hospital Acute Care

Bridion

461

455

1

411

351

17

50

104

-52

Prevymis

228

188

21

115

90

27

113

98

16

Dificid

96

92

5

83

79

4

13

12

8

Zerbaxa

74

62

21

45

33

35

29

28

5

Cardiovascular

Winrevair

336

70

*

323

70

*

12

-

Alliance Revenue - Adempas/Verquvo (5)

123

106

16

108

98

10

15

8

89

Adempas(6)

80

72

10

80

72

10

Virology

Isentress/Isentress HD

86

89

-3

48

43

13

38

46

-18

Delstrigo

83

60

40

14

14

-5

70

45

55

Lagevrio

83

110

-25

30

15

103

52

95

-45

Pifeltro

41

39

5

25

27

-4

16

12

26

Neuroscience

Belsomra

40

53

-24

18

19

-1

21

34

-37

Immunology

Simponi

172

-100

172

-100

Remicade

35

-100

35

-100

Diabetes(7)

Januvia

372

405

-8

216

177

22

155

227

-32

Janumet

251

224

12

68

17

*

184

208

-12

Other Pharmaceutical (8)

584

618

-6

136

190

-28

450

430

5

ANIMAL HEALTH

1,646

1,482

11

499

455

9

1,147

1,027

12

Livestock

961

837

15

190

168

13

771

669

15

Companion Animal

685

645

6

309

287

8

376

358

5

Other Revenues (9)

110

222

-50

9

22

-59

100

200

-50

*200%

or greater

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 $2,370 million and $3,656 million on a global basis in the second 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 $704 million and $715 million on a global basis in the second 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 $5 million and $15 million in the second quarter of 2025 and 2024, respectively.

MERCK & CO., INC., RAHWAY, N.J., USA

FRANCHISE

/ KEY PRODUCT SALES

JUNE

YEAR-TO-DATE 2025

(AMOUNTS

IN MILLIONS)

(UNAUDITED)

Table

3b

Global

U.S.

International

June YTD

2025

June YTD

2024

% Change

June YTD

2025

June YTD

2024

% Change

June YTD

2025

June YTD

2024

% Change

TOTAL SALES (1)

$

31,335

$

31,887

-2

$

17,359

$

15,354

13

$

13,977

$

16,533

-15

PHARMACEUTICAL

27,688

28,415

-3

16,254

14,336

13

11,434

14,079

-19

Oncology

Keytruda

15,161

14,217

7

9,057

8,531

6

6,104

5,686

7

Alliance Revenue – Lynparza (2)

682

609

12

319

288

11

363

321

13

Alliance Revenue – Lenvima (2)

523

504

4

368

349

5

155

155

-

Welireg

300

211

42

261

194

35

39

17

130

Alliance Revenue – Reblozyl (3)

226

161

40

189

133

42

37

28

34

Vaccines(4)

Gardasil/Gardasil 9

2,453

4,727

-48

1,082

1,024

6

1,371

3,702

-63

ProQuad/M-M-R II/Varivax

1,148

1,187

-3

903

928

-3

245

259

-6

Vaxneuvance

459

408

13

275

260

6

184

148

25

RotaTeq

349

379

-8

225

257

-12

125

123

2

Capvaxive

236

-

235

-

1

-

Pneumovax 23

79

120

-35

3

17

-82

76

103

-27

Hospital Acute Care

Bridion

902

895

1

789

680

16

113

215

-47

Prevymis

436

362

20

217

165

32

219

197

11

Dificid

179

165

8

155

147

5

24

17

39

Zerbaxa

145

118

23

87

67

31

57

51

12

Cardiovascular

Winrevair

615

70

*

591

70

*

24

-

Alliance Revenue - Adempas/Verquvo (5)

229

203

12

205

188

9

23

16

50

Adempas(6)

147

142

4

147

142

4

Virology

Lagevrio

185

460

-60

66

60

10

119

400

-70

Isentress/Isentress HD

176

200

-12

99

93

7

77

107

-28

Delstrigo

150

116

30

29

26

10

121

89

36

Pifeltro

86

81

6

57

56

2

29

25

14

Neuroscience

Belsomra

90

99

-9

31

33

-5

58

66

-12

Immunology

Simponi

356

-100

356

-100

Remicade

74

-100

74

-100

Diabetes(7)

Januvia

921

824

12

561

361

55

360

463

-22

Janumet

498

475

5

133

55

140

366

420

-13

Other Pharmaceutical (8)

1,313

1,252

5

317

354

-10

997

899

11

ANIMAL HEALTH

3,234

2,993

8

1,001

929

8

2,233

2,064

8

Livestock

1,885

1,686

12

384

334

15

1,501

1,352

11

Companion Animal

1,349

1,307

3

617

595

4

732

712

3

Other Revenues (9)

413

479

-14

104

89

17

310

390

-21

*200% or greater

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 $4,977 million and $7,080 million on a global basis for June YTD 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 $1,580 million and $1,461 million on a global basis for June YTD 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 $100 million and $76 million on a global basis for June YTD 2025 and 2024, respectively.

MERCK & CO., INC., RAHWAY, N.J., USA

PHARMACEUTICAL

GEOGRAPHIC SALES

(AMOUNTS

IN MILLIONS)

(UNAUDITED)

Table

3c

2025

2024

% Change

1Q

2Q

June YTD

1Q

2Q

June YTD

3Q

4Q

Full Year

2Q

June YTD

TOTAL PHARMACEUTICAL

$

13,638

$

14,050

$

27,688

$

14,006

$

14,408

$

28,415

$

14,943

$

14,042

$

57,400

-2

-3

United States

7,927

8,328

16,254

6,936

7,399

14,336

8,227

7,728

30,290

13

13

% Pharmaceutical Sales

58.1

%

59.3

%

58.7

%

49.5

%

51.4

%

50.5

%

55.1

%

55.0

%

52.8

%

Europe(1)

2,384

2,551

4,935

2,555

2,572

5,128

2,620

2,498

10,246

-1

-4

% Pharmaceutical Sales

17.5

%

18.2

%

17.8

%

18.2

%

17.9

%

18.0

%

17.5

%

17.8

%

17.9

%

Japan

651

604

1,255

802

664

1,466

919

813

3,199

-9

-14

% Pharmaceutical Sales

4.8

%

4.3

%

4.5

%

5.7

%

4.6

%

5.2

%

6.2

%

5.8

%

5.6

%

Latin America

589

654

1,243

601

661

1,262

730

680

2,672

-1

-2

% Pharmaceutical Sales

4.3

%

4.7

%

4.5

%

4.3

%

4.6

%

4.4

%

4.9

%

4.8

%

4.7

%

Asia Pacific (other than China and Japan)

535

609

1,144

580

595

1,175

669

612

2,457

2

-3

% Pharmaceutical Sales

3.9

%

4.3

%

4.1

%

4.1

%

4.1

%

4.1

%

4.5

%

4.4

%

4.3

%

China(2)

668

407

1,075

1,744

1,790

3,534

996

864

5,394

-77

-70

% Pharmaceutical Sales

4.9

%

2.9

%

3.9

%

12.5

%

12.4

%

12.4

%

6.7

%

6.2

%

9.4

%

Eastern Europe/Middle East/Africa

435

451

886

395

353

747

400

348

1,495

28

19

% Pharmaceutical Sales

3.2

%

3.2

%

3.2

%

2.8

%

2.4

%

2.6

%

2.7

%

2.5

%

2.6

%

Canada

125

135

261

138

143

281

133

144

558

-6

-7

% Pharmaceutical Sales

0.9

%

1.0

%

0.9

%

1.0

%

1.0

%

1.0

%

0.9

%

1.0

%

1.0

%

Other

324

311

635

255

231

486

249

355

1,089

35

31

% Pharmaceutical Sales

2.4

%

2.1

%

2.4

%

1.9

%

1.6

%

1.8

%

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 and $0 in the first and second quarter of 2025, respectively, 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., RAHWAY, N.J., USA

OTHER

(INCOME) EXPENSE, NET - GAAP

(AMOUNTS

IN MILLIONS)

(UNAUDITED)

Table

4

OTHER (INCOME) EXPENSE, NET

2Q25

2Q24

June YTD

2025

June YTD

2024

Interest income

$

(69

)

$

(69

)

$

(178

)

$

(141

)

Interest expense

305

310

618

613

Exchange losses

78

60

167

144

Income from investments in equity securities, net (1)

(100

)

(56

)

(189

)

(200

)

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

(152

)

(159

)

(300

)

(319

)

Other, net

(69

)

(44

)

(161

)

(85

)

Total

$

(7

)

$

42

$

(43

)

$

12

(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.

Mentions · how they’re counted

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

5—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

Underlines use the same word lists the scores use. AI, recession and tariffs follow Palanor’s word counter, so those counts match it exactly on the same text. Layoffs and buybacks use the terms the model was given. The model’s count is an estimate by meaning, not by string, so it can differ from the underlines.

Not placed in the text

These quotes are stored with a score, but no passage here matches them closely enough to highlight. Rather than point at the wrong passage, they are listed as stored.

Theme · Keytruda growth momentum

“Keytruda $7,956 million, up 9% globally; U.S. up 8%, International up 12%”

Theme · Gardasil China headwinds

“Gardasil/Gardasil 9 $1,126 million, down 55% globally; International down 70%”

Theme · China market pressure

“China pharmaceutical sales $407 million, down 77% versus prior year second quarter”

Theme · international headwinds

“International pharmaceutical sales $5,722 million, down 18% versus prior year”

Theme · U.S. pharmaceutical strength

“United States pharmaceutical sales $8,328 million, up 13% versus prior year”

Theme · R&D spending acceleration

“Research and development $4,048 million, up 16% versus prior year second quarter”

Theme · Winrevair launch trajectory

“Winrevair $336 million in second quarter 2025 versus $70 million in prior year”

Theme · restructuring program expansion

“Restructuring costs $560 million versus $80 million in prior year second quarter”

Theme · animal health growth

“Animal Health $1,646 million, up 11% globally; Livestock up 15%”

Theme · tax benefit realization

“Tax Rate 11.4% versus 9.1% prior year; benefit from expiration of statute of limitations”

Source: SEC EDGAR · public domain · Highlights by Palanor