Merck Sees 2022 Sales up Nearly 20 Percent, Mostly on New COVID Pill

Merck Sees 2022 Sales up Nearly 20 Percent, Mostly on New COVID Pill
A view of the Merck & Co. campus in Linden, N.J., on March 9, 2009. Jeff Zelevansky/Reuters
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Merck & Co said on Wednesday it expects its 2022 sales to increase as much as 18 percent over last year, mostly on sales of its new COVID-19 pill, molnupiravir.

The drugmaker said sales of the COVID-19 drug were $952 million in the fourth quarter, and it expects another $5 billion to $6 billion in molnupiravir sales in 2022.