Merck to Present at the UBS Global Healthcare Conference
May 18, 2015 7:00 am ET
Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada,
announced today that Adam Schechter, executive vice president and
president, Global Human Health, Merck, is scheduled to present at the
UBS 2015 Global Healthcare Conference in New York on May 19, 2015 at
10:30 a.m. EDT. Investors, analysts, members of the media and the
general public are invited to listen to a live audio webcast of the
presentation at http://www.merck.com/investors/webcasts-and-presentations.html.
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