Reportedly, Merck & Co., Inc.’s (MRK) quarterly earnings beat estimates reporting a 50% increase in revenue to $15.9 billion with the majority of the growth coming from sales of molnupiravir (approved in November). The drugmaker also raised its full-year forecasts on strong demand for top-selling cancer drug Keytruda, its Gardasil vaccine, and COVID-19 antiviral pill molnupiravir. Excluding molnupiravir sales, revenue increased 19% in the first quarter. Sales of Merck’s cancer immunotherapy Keytruda increased 23% to $4.8 billion, about $300 million more than analysts had forecast.
Gardasil brought in $1.46 billion in the quarter, exceeding Wall Street estimates of around $200 million. Molnupiravir sales stood at $3.2 billion, exceeding analyst estimates by around $100 million. Excluding one-time items, Merck earned $2.14 a share, exceeding analysts’ average estimate of $1.83. Merck revised its forecast for annual profit to $7.24 to $7.36 per share and sales to $56.9 billion to $58.1 billion, from its previous range of $7.12 to $7.27 a share and revenue of $56.1 billion to $57.6 billion.
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