Merck sees $2.1 billion coronavirus hit to 2020 sales [Yahoo! Finance News]
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FILE PHOTO: The Merck logo is seen at a gate to the Merck & Co campus in Linden, New JerseyBy Manas MishraReuters) - Merck & Co Inc said on Tuesday it expects the coronavirus pandemic to reduce 2020 sales by more than $2 billion, and the U.S. drugmaker lowered its profit forecast as a big drop in doctors' office visits during the outbreak will take a hefty toll, sending its shares down more than 3%.Many of Merck's top-selling products, including blockbuster cancer drug Keytruda, are administered by physicians.Rival drugmakers Pfizer Inc on Tuesday stuck to its forecasts, and Eli Lilly and Co raised the top end of its 2020 profit outlook last week.But Merck is particularly vulnerable to stay-at-home efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus and people avoiding doctors and hospitals over fear of becoming infected."Two-thirds of our products are physician administered, and that is probably somewhat unique and is causing the impact," Chief Financial Officer Robert Davis said on a conf
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