Merck posts earnings of 88 cents vs 79 cents estimate
April 29, 2014 at 07:00 AM EDT
Wall Street had expected Merck to report earnings of 79 cents a share on $10.44 billion in revenue, according to a consensus estimate from Thomson Reuters.. The release comes one day after Britain's Reckitt Benckiser confirmed it was in talks to buy Merck's consumer health business, the latest asset up for grabs in a wave of pharmaceutical deals.