KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today that Dr. Roger M. Perlmutter, president, Merck Research Laboratories, is scheduled to participate at the Citi 2016 Global Healthcare Conference in New York on Dec. 7, 2016 at 12:35 p.m. EST.
Investors, analysts, members of the media and the general public are invited to listen to a live audio webcast of the presentation at http://investors.merck.com/investors/webcasts-and-presentations/default.aspx.
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