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CLAIM #43589 · Merck & Company Inc (MRK) · 2025Q3 earnings call · Oct 30, 2025 · due Dec 31, 2025

We are maintaining our increased pace of share repurchases and expect approximately $5 billion for the full year.

Caroline Litchfield · CFO

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graded after results covering Dec 31, 2025 are reported

In context

luding more than $0.5 billion of investment to maximize the potential of OHTUVAYRE. This will enable us to continue to bring forward innovative medicines and vaccines to make a difference in the lives of patients and drive growth for our company. Now turning to capital allocation, where our strategy remains unchanged. We will prioritize investments in our business to drive near- and long-term growth. We will continue to invest in our key growth drivers and expansive pipeline of novel candidates, each of which has significant potential to address important unmet medical needs. We remain committed to our dividend with the goal of increasing it over time. Business development remains a high priority, and we are well positioned to pursue additional science-driven value-enhancing transactions. We are maintaining our increased pace of share repurchases and expect approximately $5 billion for the full year. To conclude, as we finish the year, we are confident in the outlook of our business driven by global demand for our innovative in-line portfolio, the exciting progress we are seeing with our many product launches and our exceptional pipeline. With continued investment in innovation and our ongoing focus on execution, we remain well positioned to deliver value to patients, customers and shareholders now and well into the future. With that, I'd now like to turn the call over to Dean. Dean Li: Thank you, Caroline. Good morning, everyone. The third quarter was marked by several notable clinical and regulatory milestones. I will start with updates in oncology, followed by vaccines and infectious disease, immunology, ophthalmology, and then cover advancements in our cardiovascular and pulmonary

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SEC filings for MRK · Claim quote is verbatim from the 2025Q3 earnings call.