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CENTURY CITY, CA - JANUARY 30: Director Zach Merck (R) and Amanda Merck arrive at the 62nd Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on January 30, 2010 in Century City, California.

Richard Clark, Chairman and CEO of Merck attends a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 29, 2010.

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This undated photo provided by Merial shows Frontline products. Frontline is sold by Sanofi-Aventis SA. The French company and New jersey's Merck & Co. plan to combine their animal health business in a joint venture.

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FILE - In this June 17, 2005 file photo, Merck & Co. CEO Richard T. Clark, answers a question at the drug maker's Whitehouse Station, N.J. headquarters. Clark said Monday, Aug. 31, 2009, the company will restructure into five divisions after it completes the buyout of rival...

Richard Clark, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Merck & Co. , Inc. , speaks at the Reuters Health Summit in New York, November 10, 2009.

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In this combo made from file photos, the company logos for drugmakers Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough Corp. are seen outside the companies' New Jersey headquarters. Shareholders of the two companies on Friday, Aug. 7, 2009 both overwhelmingly backed a huge tie-up of the New Jersey...

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File - In this combo made from file photos, the company logos for drugmakers Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough Corp. are seen outside the companies' New Jersey headquarters. Drugmaker Merck & Co. on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010 posted huge jumps in revenue and profit for the fourth quarter,...

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File - In this combo made from file photos, the company logos for drugmakers Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough Corp. are seen outside the companies' New Jersey headquarters. The European Union on Friday Oct. 23, 2009 approved the proposed tie-up of U.S. drug makers Merck & Co. and...

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FILE - In this 2004 file photo provided by Schering-Plough Corp. , the cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin, the product of a joint venture between pharmaceutical companies Merck & Co. , and Schering-Plough Corp. , is shown. Drug developers Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough Corp. said...

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In this May 22, 2008 file photo, the company logo is seen on the doors of a building at Merck & Co. headquarters in Whitehouse Station, N.J. Drugmaker Merck & Co. on Tuesday, July 21, 2009, posted a 12 percent drop in second-quarter profit, due to lower sales of its cholesterol drugs and...

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In this Sept. 30, 2004 file photo, Vioxx is arranged on a counting tray, laying on top of the bottle, at The Pennington Apothecary in a Pennington, N.J. The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether shareholders can sue international pharmaceutical maker Merck & Co. because of the...

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FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2009, file photo, a package of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine is shown at a pharmacy in Seattle. Last fall, as swine flu cases mounted and parents desperately sought to protect their kids, the hard-to-get vaccine was handed out in some surprising places: the Royal...

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WASHINGTON - MAY 11: U.S. President Barack Obama (C) delivers remarks about health care reform with (L-R) Cedars-Sinai Health System President and CEO Tom Priselac; Merck Chairman, President and CEO Richard Clark; Kaiser Permanente CEO George Halverson; American Medical Association...

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WASHINGTON - MAY 11: U.S. President Barack Obama (L) departs after delivering remarks about health care reform with (L-R) Cedars-Sinai Health System President and CEO Tom Priselac; Merck Chairman, President and CEO Richard Clark; Kaiser Permanente CEO George Halverson; and American...

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This Dec. 2007 photo provided by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals shows Dr. Melinda Merck examining the eyes of a puppy at a veterinary clinic in New York. The University of Florida and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals are...

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In the April 15, 2009 photo, people are seen as they walk along a hallway past large signs at Merck & Company, Inc.'s world headquarters in Whitehouse Station, N.J. Drugmaker Merck & Co. on Tuesday, April 21, posted a 57 percent drop in first-quarter profit, falling short of expectations,...

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In this April 15, 2009 photo, Richard T. Clark, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Merck & Company, Inc. , is seen at the company's world headquarters in Whitehouse Station, N.J. Drugmaker Merck & Co. on Tuesday, April 21, posted a 57 percent drop in first-quarter profit,...

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In this April 15, 2009 photo, a security guard stands in the lobby of Merck & Company, Inc.'s world headquarters in Whitehouse Station, N.J. Drugmaker Merck & Co. on Tuesday, April 21, posted a 57 percent drop in first-quarter profit, falling short of expectations, because of a drop in both...

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FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2004 file photo, an employee walks past a stained-glass window, bearing Merck & Co.'s name, as he walks to the elevator at the company's headquarters in a Whitehouse Station, N.J. Merck is one of the companies that lobbied successfully for a tax break enacted in...

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FILE -- In this May 11, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama, center, speaks about health care in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. From left are, Cedars-Sinai Health System President Thomas Priselac; Merck CEO Richard Clark; Kaiser Permanente CEO George...

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FILE - In this April 28, 2006 file photo, a bottle of Schering-Plough's allergy spray Nasonex is shown in New York. Schering-Plough, which is being bought by rival Merck & Co. , on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 said its profit jumped 49 percent in the second quarter, as the company recorded...

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FILE - In this May 11, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama, center, speaks about health care in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. It was a watershed moment in this year's health care struggle: Leaders of the insurance, hospital and other medical industries...