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Merck to spin off assets with $6.5B in sales; 4Q profit up

by AP Medical Writer
| February 6, 2020 8:30 AM

Drugmaker Merck beat Wall Street's fourth-quarter profit expectations, but investors weren't as happy with the biggest move Merck's made in years: deciding to spin off its women's health division and other operations with $6.5 billion in annual revenues.

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