Merck Announces New $5 Billion Share Repurchase Program (MRK)

Merck MRK, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that its Board of Directors has approved additional purchases of up to $5 billion of Merck's common stock for its treasury. The treasury stock purchase has no time limit and will be made over time on the open market, in block transactions or in privately negotiated transactions.