Merck & Co., Inc. prepared investors a few months ago for a disappointing second quarter, so even though total product sales declined 8% year-over-year to $10.87bn in Q2 the company spent much of its 31 July earnings call discussing its two vaccines and an antiviral drug against the novel coronavirus.
Merck & Co. noted when it reported first quarter earnings at the end of April that patients were reluctant to...








