Market Checkup: Merck

In today's edition of Market Checkup, health-care analysts David Williamson and Max Macaluso take a close look at Merck, a Dow component and one of the biggest players in the pharmaceutical industry. They analyze the highlights from Merck's second-quarter results and examine the company's main vulnerabilities.

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