The continued decline of Merck & Co.’s HPV vaccine Gardasil in China has come to a head as the New Jersey drug giant is halting shipments to the world’s second-most populous country.

Shares of Merck slid Tuesday after the drugmaker surprised Wall Street with a lower-than-expected 2025 sales forecast due partly to a pause in shipments of one of its top-selling products to China.

For the recently completed fourth quarter, Merck booked an adjusted profit of $1.72 per share on $15.6 billion in revenue. Sales of top-selling cancer treatment Keytruda climbed 19% to $7.84 billion.

Merck’s Q4 sales rose 7% YoY to $15.62B, slightly beating the $15.49B consensus. Adjusted EPS jumped to $1.72, topping estimates of $1.62. Keytruda sales grew 19% YoY to $7.84B, while Gardasil ...

Merck (MRK) stock was mangled today after the pharmaceutical and vaccine company released its guidance for 2025. The company expects adjusted earnings per share for the year to range from $8.88 to ...

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Merck MRK-9.07%decrease; red down pointing triangle shares tumbled more than 11% Tuesday morning after the drugmaker gave 2025 revenue guidance that fell short of analyst expectations and said it ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Merck shares tumbled after the drugmaker said it was halting shipments of a top-selling vaccine to China to ...

Merck achieved revenue growth in Q4, but stocks tumbled Tuesday amid news that the company is pausing Gardasil shipments to China. © 2024 Fortune Media IP Limited ...

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1. My October 7, 2024, article on Merck was summed up in the bullet points at the top. Here's a quick review: Merck is a blue-chip stock, but that doesn't mean I want to own it here. The risk of ...