The company saw strong sales from its top-selling cancer drug Keytruda, recently launched treatments and its animal health business.
The pharmaceutical giant narrowed its full-year sales forecast to a range of $63.6 billion to $64.1 billion, from a previous guidance of $63.4 billion to $64.4 billion.Merck also lowered its adjusted profit guidance from a range of $7.72 to $7.77 per share, from a previous forecast of $7.94 to $8.04 per share. That updated outlook reflects a one-time charge of 24 cents per share related to business development deals with Curon Biopharmaceutical and Daiichi Sankyo.Merck posted net income of $3.
But Merck has a handful of new deals under its belt and key drug launches that will help it offset those losses. That includesAnd Capvaxive, a vaccine designed to protect adults from a bacteria known as pneumococcus that can cause serious illnesses and lung infection, was approved in the U.S. in June.Merck's pharmaceutical division, which develops a wide range of drugs, booked $14.94 billion in revenue during the third quarter, up 5% from the same period a year ago.
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