Merck 2Q 2020 Financial results

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Merck announced second-quarter worldwide sales of $10.9 billion – a decrease of 8% compared with the second quarter of 2019 – reflecting the negative impact of COVID-19. Excluding the impact from foreign exchange, sales declined 5%. ?

The company anticipates full-year 2020 revenue range to be between $47.2 billion and $48.7 billion, including a negative impact from foreign exchange of approximately 2%. ?

Take a look at the infographic below for more details on second-quarter results.
• Second-Quarter 2020 Worldwide Sales Were $10.9 Billion, a Decrease of 8%, Reflecting the Negative Impact of COVID-19; Excluding the Impact from Foreign Exchange, Sales Declined 5% ? KEYTRUDA Sales Grew 29% to $3.4 Billion; Excluding the Impact of Foreign Exchange, Sales Grew 31%

• Second-Quarter 2020 GAAP EPS Was $1.18; Second-Quarter Non-GAAP EPS Was $1.37
• Secured Multiple Regulatory Approvals and Progressed Pipeline ? Revealed Initial Investigational Phase 3 Results for V114
? First Data Presentation with Investigational, Novel HIF-2? Inhibitor MK-6482

• Company Accelerates Three COVID-19-Related Vaccine and Antiviral Research Programs
• Company Narrows and Raises 2020 Full-Year Revenue Range to be Between $47.2 Billion and $48.7 Billion, Including a Negative Impact from Foreign Exchange of Approximately 2%
• Company Narrows and Raises 2020 Full-Year GAAP EPS Range to be Between $4.58 and $4.73; Narrows and Raises 2020 Full-Year Non-GAAP EPS Range to be Between $5.63 and $5.78, Including a Negative Impact from Foreign Exchange of Approximately 3%

KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced financial results for the second quarter of 2020.

“Despite the impact COVID-19 had on patient access to health care providers, Merck continued to execute well with business momentum improving through the quarter. We remain confident that Merck will drive strong long-term growth based on underlying demand for our unique portfolio of innovative medicines, vaccines and animal health products. Our financial strength underpins our capital allocation priorities, including business development and the breakthrough research and development that creates value for society and our shareholders,” said Kenneth C. Frazier, chairman and chief executive officer, Merck. “In response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, Merck is moving with urgency on three critical priorities: protecting the health and safety of our employees and their families, sustaining the supply of our medicines and vaccines to our patients and customers, and mobilizing our unique scientific expertise and experience to develop vaccines and antivirals that we believe may help save many lives.”

$ in millions, except EPS amounts
Second Quarter
2020 2019 Change Change Ex- Exchange
Sales $10,872 $11,760 -8% -5%
GAAP net income13,002 2,670 12% 17%
Non-GAAP net income that excludes certain items1,2* 3,484 3,356 4% 7%
GAAP EPS 1.18 1.03 15% 19%
Non-GAAP EPS that excludes certain items2* 1.37 1.30 6% 9%

*Refer to table on page 11.

GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) earnings per share assuming dilution (EPS) was $1.18 for the second quarter of 2020. Non-GAAP EPS of $1.37 for the second quarter of 2020 excludes acquisition- and divestiture-related costs and restructuring costs. Year-to-date results can be found in the attached tables.

COVID-19 Research Highlights

Building on the company’s experience with antivirals and vaccines, Merck is accelerating two COVID-19 vaccine development efforts and a novel antiviral candidate, specifically,
• Merck in collaboration with IAVI is developing V590, a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate that uses a recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus (rVSV) platform, the same platform that was used for Merck’s approved Ebola Zaire virus vaccine. V590 is currently in preclinical development and clinical studies are planned to start this year.
• Merck has acquired Themis to accelerate the development of V591, a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate that uses a measles virus vector platform based on a vector originally developed by scientists at the Institut Pasteur, a world-leading European vaccine research institute, and licensed exclusively to Themis. V591 is currently in preclinical development and clinical studies are planned to start in the third quarter. The acquisition closed in June.
• Merck in collaboration with Ridgeback Bio is developing MK-4482 (formerly known as EIDD-2801), an orally available antiviral candidate for the treatment of COVID-19. In preclinical studies, MK-4482 demonstrated antiviral properties against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, as well as the coronaviruses responsible for MERS and SARS. The candidate is currently being evaluated in Phase 2 clinical trials.
• As previously announced, Merck also is collaborating with the Institute for Systems Biology to investigate and define the molecular mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 and to identify targets for medicines and vaccines, as well as participating in the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-led Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV) consortium.

“We are conscious of our abiding responsibility to help advance vaccine and antiviral efforts as part of the global response to SARS-CoV-2 and to ensure broad, equitable and affordable global access to any medicines and vaccines we bring forward,” Frazier said. “This pandemic underscores the essential role of Merck and the biopharmaceutical industry in addressing the world’s greatest health challenges and underscores the importance of a health care ecosystem that incentivizes risk-taking and innovation. Ultimately, scientific and medical knowledge will help overcome this ongoing global pandemic – and that is why we must continue to trust and invest in breakthrough science.”

Oncology Pipeline Highlights

Merck continued to advance the development programs for KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab), the company’s anti-PD-1 therapy; Lynparza (olaparib), a PARP inhibitor being co-developed and co-commercialized with AstraZeneca; and Lenvima (lenvatinib mesylate), an orally available tyrosine kinase inhibitor being co-developed and co-commercialized with Eisai Co., Ltd. (Eisai), in addition to other notable developments as follows:
• Merck announced the following regulatory milestones for KEYTRUDA: ?U.S. approval as monotherapy for the first-line treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) or mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) colorectal cancer based on the Phase 3 results of the KEYNOTE-177 trial. Approval granted less than one month following submission of regulatory application;
?U.S. approval as monotherapy for the treatment of patients with recurrent or metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) that is not curable by surgery or radiation based on data from the Phase 2 KEYNOTE-629 trial;
?U.S. approval as monotherapy for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with unresectable or metastatic tumor mutational burden-high (TMB-H) [?10 mutations/ megabase (mut/Mb)] solid tumors, as determined by an FDA-approved test, that have progressed following prior treatment and who have no satisfactory alternative treatment options. The approval was based on the KEYNOTE 158 trial;
?U.S. approval for use at an additional recommended dose of 400 mg every six weeks (Q6W) across all adult indications, including monotherapy and combination therapy. This dosing regimen was approved under accelerated approval based on pharmacokinetic data, the relationship of exposure to efficacy and the relationship of exposure to safety;
?China approval as monotherapy for second-line treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma whose tumors express PD-L1 (Combined Positive Score [CPS] ?10) based on the KEYNOTE-181 trial;
?U.S. filing acceptance for priority review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) based on data from the Phase 3 KEYNOTE-204 trial that was presented during the virtual scientific program of the 2020 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting. A Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) date is set for Oct. 30, 2020;
?U.S. filing acceptance for priority review by the FDA seeking accelerated approval in combination with chemotherapy for the treatment of patients with locally recurrent unresectable or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) whose tumors express PD-L1 (CPS ?10), based on the Phase 3 KEYNOTE-355 trial that was presented at the 2020 ASCO Annual Meeting. A PDUFA date is set for Nov. 28, 2020; and
?U.S. filing acceptance for standard review by the FDA for the treatment of patients with high-risk early-stage TNBC, in combination with chemotherapy as neoadjuvant treatment, and then as a single agent as adjuvant treatment after surgery, based on the Phase 3 KEYNOTE-522 trial. A PDUFA date is set for March 29, 2021.

• Merck presented new combination lung data for KEYTRUDA at the 2020 ASCO Annual Meeting that included initial results from the Phase 2 KEYNOTE-799 trial evaluating KEYTRUDA plus concurrent chemoradiation therapy (CCRT) in patients with unresectable, locally advanced stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) as well as two-year, long-term survival data from the final analysis of the pivotal Phase 3 KEYNOTE-189 trial in patients with metastatic nonsquamous NSCLC; and
• Merck announced that the Phase 3 KEYNOTE-361 trial investigating KEYTRUDA as monotherapy and in combination with chemotherapy in patients with advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma did not meet the dual primary endpoints of overall survival (OS) or progression-free survival (PFS) compared with standard of care chemotherapy.
• Merck and AstraZeneca announced the following regulatory milestones for Lynparza: ?U.S. approval for the treatment of adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious germline or somatic homologous recombination repair (HRR) gene-mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who have progressed following prior treatment with enzalutamide or abiraterone based on the findings from the Phase 3 PROfound trial;
?U.S. approval as a combination therapy with bevacizumab for the first-line maintenance treatment of adult patients with advanced epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer who are in complete or partial response to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy and whose cancer is associated with homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) positive status defined by either a deleterious or suspected deleterious BRCA mutation, and/or genomic instability based on results from the Phase 3 PAOLA-1 trial; and
?European Union approval as a monotherapy for the maintenance treatment of adult patients with germline BRCA1/2 mutations who have metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas and have not progressed after a minimum of 16 weeks of platinum treatment within a first-line chemotherapy regimen based on results from the Phase 3 POLO trial.

• Merck and Eisai presented results from two trials evaluating KEYTRUDA plus Lenvima at the 2020 ASCO Annual Meeting: tumor response data from the KEYNOTE-524/Study 116 trial in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with no prior systemic therapy and tumor response data from the KEYNOTE-146/Study 111 trial in patients with metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) who progressed following immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy; and
• Merck and Eisai announced receipt of a Complete Response Letter (CRL) from the FDA for the applications seeking accelerated approval of KEYTRUDA plus Lenvima for the first-line treatment of patients with unresectable HCC based on data from the Phase 1b KEYNOTE-524/Study 116 trial, as another combination therapy was approved ahead of the PDUFA action dates, based on a randomized, controlled trial that demonstrated OS. Consequently, the CRL stated that Merck’s and Eisai’s applications do not provide evidence that KEYTRUDA in combination with Lenvima represents a meaningful advantage over available therapies for the treatment of unresectable or metastatic HCC with no prior systemic therapy for advanced disease.
• Merck also presented first-time results from a Phase 2 trial evaluating the hypoxia-inducible factor-2 alpha (HIF-2?) inhibitor MK-6482, a novel investigational candidate in Merck’s oncology pipeline, for the treatment of von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease-associated ccRCC at the 2020 ASCO Annual Meeting.

Vaccine Pipeline Highlights
• Merck announced results from two initial Phase 3 studies that showed V114, the company’s investigational 15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, met safety and immunogenicity objectives in the PNEU-WAY (V114-018) and PNEU-FLU (V114-021) studies in adults; and
• Merck announced FDA approval of an expanded indication for GARDASIL 9 (Human Papillomavirus 9-valent Vaccine, Recombinant) for the prevention of oropharyngeal and other head and neck cancers caused by HPV Types 16, 18, 31, 33, 45, 52, and 58.

Other Pipeline Highlights
• Merck announced U.S. filing acceptance for priority review by the FDA for a New Drug Application (NDA) seeking approval for vericiguat, an orally administered soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) stimulator being jointly developed with Bayer AG, to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death and heart failure hospitalization following a worsening heart failure event in patients with symptomatic chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), in combination with other heart failure therapies. A PDUFA date is set for Jan. 20, 2021;
• Merck presented new supportive analyses from the Phase 2b trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of islatravir, the company’s investigational oral nucleoside reverse transcriptase translocation inhibitor (NRTTI), in combination with PIFELTRO (doravirine), in adults with HIV-1 infection who had not previously received antiretroviral treatment at the 23rd International AIDS Conference; and
• Merck announced FDA approval of RECARBRIO (imipenem, cilastatin, and relebactam) for the treatment of adults with hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia (HABP/VABP).

Business Developments
• Merck signed an agreement to acquire U.S. rights from Virbac to the SENTINEL brand of combination parasiticides, used to protect dogs against fleas and common intestinal parasites including heartworm, broadening its companion animal business. The acquisition closed in July; and
• Merck announced the completion of its acquisition of Quantified Ag, a leading data and analytics company that monitors cattle body temperature and movement in order to detect illness early.

Organon & Co.
• Merck announced the external appointments of Organon & Co. Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer as well as the external appointment of Organon’s General Counsel. Merck remains fully committed to its spinoff transaction and continues to expect completion in the first half of 2021.

Second-Quarter Financial Impact of COVID-19

In the second quarter, the estimated overall negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to Merck’s revenue was approximately $1.6 billion, consisting of approximately $1.5 billion for pharmaceuticals and approximately $100 million for Animal Health. As expected, within the company’s human health business, revenue was negatively impacted by reduced access to health care providers given social distancing measures and within Animal Health, by reduced veterinary visits and decreased protein and milk demand.

Operating expenses were positively impacted in the second quarter by approximately $325 million, primarily driven by lower promotional and selling costs as well as lower research and development (R&D) expenses.

Second-Quarter Revenue Performance

The following table reflects sales of the company’s top pharmaceutical products, as well as sales of animal health products.

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