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CLAIM #43592 · Merck & Company Inc (MRK) · 2025Q3 earnings call · Oct 30, 2025 · due Dec 31, 2026

We have initiated more than 15 Phase III trials this year and expect to have an increasing number in 2026.

Dean Li · President of Research Labs

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graded after results covering Dec 31, 2026 are reported

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Look at: Number of new Phase III trials initiated by the company in fiscal year 2026

It came true if: Number of Phase III trials initiated in 2026 > 15 (exceeding the 2025 count)

Where: Company pipeline disclosures / management commentary on quarterly earnings calls (10-K or investor presentations listing Phase III trial counts)

In context

the treatment of adults with hypercholesterolemia on a moderate or high-intensity statin or with documented statin intolerance. This is the third positive Phase III trial for enlicitide. We look forward to presenting the detailed results of the CORALreef Lipid study as well as the CORALreef study focused on familial heterozygous hypercholesterolemia at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions meeting next week in New Orleans. Please mark your calendars for an investor event at AHA on the evening of Sunday, November 9, where we will highlight these results and provide an overview of our cardiovascular and pulmonary program. We continue to see strong momentum across the pipeline. As Rob noted, there are approximately 80 Phase III trials underway across multiple therapeutic areas. We have initiated more than 15 Phase III trials this year and expect to have an increasing number in 2026. As we look through the first half of 2026, we anticipate a regular cadence of milestones across therapeutic areas, including: in oncology, the February 20 PDUFA date for certain patients with platinum-resistant recurrent ovarian cancer based on KEYNOTE-B96; the April 7 PDUFA date for certain patients with earlier-stage MIBC based on KEYNOTE-905. In HIV: the April 28 PDUFA date for the combination of doravirine and islatravir, an oral once-daily treatment regimen; and data from the Phase III ISLEND-1 and 2 trials evaluating islatravir in combination with lenacapavir, as a once-weekly oral treatment regimen. In immunology: Phase II data for tulisokibart from the ATHENA study in SSc-ILD; in cardiopulmonary: for WINREVAIR, data from the Phase II CADENCE study in pulmonary hypertension due to

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