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Earnings release · 8-K Exhibit 99

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

MRK · Health Care

Filed 2026-04-30 · CY2026 Q2 · Company’s FY2026 Q2 · 1,710 words

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Merck reported Q1 2026 sales of $16.3 billion, up 5% year-over-year, but recorded a net loss of $4.2 billion driven by $12.6 billion in R&D expense. Keytruda grew 10% globally to $7.9 billion. Winrevair sales reached $525 million. Gardasil declined 19% amid China pressures. Januvia franchise contracted 33%. The company did not provide updated forward guidance. Non-GAAP earnings were not disclosed for the quarter.

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EX-99.23tm2612241d1_ex99-2.htmEXHIBIT 99.2

Exhibit

99.2

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

CONSOLIDATED

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS - GAAP

(AMOUNTS

IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER SHARE FIGURES)

(UNAUDITED)

Table

1a

2026

2025

% Change

1Q

1Q

2Q

3Q

4Q

Full Year

1Q

Sales

$

16,286

$

15,529

$

15,806

$

17,276

$

16,400

$

65,011

5

%

Costs, Expenses and Other

Cost of sales

4,195

3,419

3,557

3,855

5,551

16,382

23

%

Selling, general and administrative

2,700

2,552

2,649

2,633

2,898

10,733

6

%

Research and development

12,592

3,621

4,048

4,234

3,886

15,789

*

Restructuring costs

195

69

560

47

213

889

*

Other (income) expense, net

138

(35

)

(7

)

(238

)

432

151

*

(Loss) Income Before Taxes

(3,534

)

5,903

4,999

6,745

3,420

21,067

*

Income Tax Provision

709

818

571

958

458

2,804

Net (Loss) Income

(4,243

)

5,085

4,428

5,787

2,962

18,263

*

Less: Net (Loss) Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests

(3

)

6

1

2

(1

)

9

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

$

(4,240

)

$

5,079

$

4,427

$

5,785

$

2,963

$

18,254

*

(Loss) Earnings per Common Share Assuming Dilution (1)

$

(1.72

)

$

2.01

$

1.76

$

2.32

$

1.19

$

7.28

*

Average Shares Outstanding Assuming Dilution (1)

2,472

2,531

2,513

2,498

2,488

2,507

Tax Rate

-20.1

%

13.9

%

11.4

%

14.2

%

13.4

%

13.3

%

*

100% or greater

Sum

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

(1) Because the Company recorded a net loss in the first quarter of 2026, no potential dilutive common shares were used in the computation of loss per common share assuming dilution as the effect would have been anti-dilutive.

MERCK & CO.,

INC., RAHWAY, N.J., USA

FIRST QUARTER

2025 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

$

3,419

620

36

656

$

2,763

Selling, general and administrative

2,552

23

23

2,529

Research and development

3,621

7

7

3,614

Restructuring costs

69

69

69

–

Other (income) expense, net

(35

)

(3

)

(107

)

(110

)

75

Income Before Taxes

5,903

(647

)

(105

)

107

(645

)

6,548

Income Tax Provision (Benefit)

818

(117

)(3)

(18

)(3)

22

(3)

(113

)

931

Net Income

5,085

(530

)

(87

)

85

(532

)

5,617

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

5,079

(530

)

(87

)

85

(532

)

5,611

Earnings per Common Share Assuming Dilution

$

2.01

(0.21

)

(0.03

)

0.03

(0.21

)

$

2.22

Tax Rate

13.9

%

14.2

%

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 reflect the amortization of intangible assets.

(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., RAHWAY, N.J., USA

FRANCHISE / KEY PRODUCT SALES

FIRST QUARTER 2026

(AMOUNTS IN MILLIONS)

(UNAUDITED)

Table 3a

Global

U.S.

International

1Q 2026

1Q 2025

% Change

1Q 2026

1Q 2025

% Change

1Q 2026

1Q 2025

% Change

TOTAL SALES (1)

$

16,286

$

15,529

5

$

9,164

$

8,522

8

$

7,122

$

7,007

2

PHARMACEUTICAL

14,349

13,638

5

8,512

7,927

7

5,837

5,711

2

Oncology

Keytruda

7,906

7,205

10

4,599

4,308

7

3,307

2,897

14

Keytruda Qlex

128

-

106

-

21

-

Alliance Revenue – Lynparza (2)

341

312

9

149

145

3

192

168

15

Alliance Revenue – Lenvima (2)

256

258

-1

176

186

-5

80

72

11

Welireg

199

137

45

152

123

24

47

15

*

Alliance Revenue – Reblozyl (3)

148

119

25

128

101

27

20

18

11

Vaccines (4)

Gardasil/Gardasil 9

1,069

1,327

-19

485

536

-10

585

790

-26

ProQuad/M-M-R II/Varivax

538

539

0

409

423

-3

129

116

11

RotaTeq

206

228

-10

165

164

0

42

64

-35

Vaxneuvance

202

230

-12

123

139

-11

78

92

-15

Capvaxive

142

107

33

118

106

11

23

1

*

Enflonsia

1

-

-1

-

3

-

Cardiometabolic & Respiratory

Winrevair

525

280

88

477

268

78

48

12

*

Ohtuvayre

131

-

131

-

Alliance Revenue - Adempas/Verquvo (5)

109

106

3

109

97

12

9

-100

Adempas (6)

78

68

15

78

68

15

Infectious Diseases

Bridion

472

441

7

427

378

13

45

63

-29

Prevymis

272

208

31

135

102

32

138

106

30

Zerbaxa

82

70

17

52

42

22

30

28

9

Delstrigo

75

67

12

10

15

-34

65

52

26

Isentress/Isentress HD

59

90

-34

35

51

-31

24

39

-38

Dificid

34

83

-59

24

72

-67

10

11

-10

Lagevrio

28

102

-73

16

35

-54

12

67

-83

Diabetes

Januvia

367

549

-33

252

344

-27

116

204

-43

Janumet

207

247

-16

68

65

5

139

182

-23

Other Pharmaceutical (7)

774

865

-11

167

227

-26

605

637

-5

ANIMAL HEALTH

1,791

1,588

13

519

502

3

1,272

1,086

17

Livestock

1,064

924

15

211

194

9

853

730

17

Companion Animal

727

664

9

308

308

0

419

356

18

Other Revenues (8)

146

303

-52

133

93

43

13

210

-94

*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 $2,314 million and $2,607 million on a global basis in the first quarter of 2026 and 2025, 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)Includes Pharmaceutical products not individually shown above. Also reflects total alliance revenue for Koselugo of $161 million and

$44 million on a global basis in the first quarter of 2026 and 2025, respectively.

(8)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 milestone payments for out-licensed products

were $132 million and $95 million in the first quarter of 2026 and 2025, respectively.

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

PHARMACEUTICAL GEOGRAPHIC SALES

(AMOUNTS IN MILLIONS)

(UNAUDITED)

Table 3b

2026

2025

% Change

1Q

1Q

2Q

3Q

4Q

Full Year

1Q

TOTAL PHARMACEUTICAL

$

14,349

$

13,638

$

14,050

$

15,611

$

14,843

$

58,142

5

United States

8,512

7,927

8,328

9,493

8,662

34,409

7

% Pharmaceutical Sales

59.3

%

58.1

%

59.3

%

60.8

%

58.4

%

59.2

%

Europe (1)

2,725

2,384

2,551

2,675

2,839

10,449

14

% Pharmaceutical Sales

19.0

%

17.5

%

18.2

%

17.1

%

19.1

%

18.0

%

Latin America

624

589

654

691

644

2,578

6

% Pharmaceutical Sales

4.3

%

4.3

%

4.7

%

4.4

%

4.3

%

4.4

%

Asia Pacific (other than China and Japan)

569

535

609

593

586

2,323

6

% Pharmaceutical Sales

4.0

%

3.9

%

4.3

%

3.8

%

4.0

%

4.0

%

Japan

535

651

604

693

684

2,632

-18

% Pharmaceutical Sales

3.7

%

4.8

%

4.3

%

4.4

%

4.6

%

4.5

%

Eastern Europe/Middle East/Africa

413

435

451

365

348

1,598

-5

% Pharmaceutical Sales

2.9

%

3.2

%

3.2

%

2.3

%

2.3

%

2.7

%

China (2)

353

668

407

377

364

1,816

-47

% Pharmaceutical Sales

2.5

%

4.9

%

2.9

%

2.4

%

2.5

%

3.1

%

Canada

137

125

135

134

153

547

9

% Pharmaceutical Sales

1.0

%

0.9

%

1.0

%

0.9

%

1.0

%

0.9

%

Other

481

324

311

590

563

1,790

48

% Pharmaceutical Sales

3.3

%

2.4

%

2.1

%

3.9

%

3.8

%

3.2

%

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 $0 million and $193 million in the first quarter of 2026 and 2025, respectively.

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

OTHER

(INCOME) EXPENSE, NET - GAAP

(AMOUNTS

IN MILLIONS)

(UNAUDITED)

Table

4

OTHER (INCOME) EXPENSE, NET

1Q26

1Q25

Interest income

$

(35

)

$

(109

)

Interest expense

479

313

Exchange losses

38

90

Income from investments in equity securities, net (1)

(168

)

(90

)

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

(134

)

(148

)

Other, net

(42

)

(91

)

Total

$

138

$

(35

)

(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

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

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 · elevated R&D expense

“Research and development $12,592 million”

Theme · Keytruda growth momentum

“Keytruda $7,906 million, 10% growth”

Theme · China market pressure

“China $353 million, -47%”

Theme · Gardasil demand softness

“Gardasil/Gardasil 9 $1,069 million, -19%”

Theme · Winrevair ramp acceleration

“Winrevair $525 million, 88%”

Theme · diabetes franchise erosion

“Januvia $367 million, -33%”

Theme · animal health expansion

“ANIMAL HEALTH $1,791 million, 13%”

Theme · restructuring activity

“Restructuring costs $195 million”

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