Merck KGaA R&D Update Call Transcript
Dear ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Merck R&D Update Call. (Operator Instructions) May I now hand you over to Constantin Fest, Head of Investor Relations, who will lead you through this conference. Please go ahead, sir.
Thank you, Alan. Dear ladies and gentlemen, a very warm welcome to this 2021 Merck R&D Update Call. My name is Constantin Fest, and I'm Head of Investor Relations here at Merck. I'm delighted also to have with me here today, Danny Bar-Zohar, Head of Development; Joern-Peter Halle, Head of Research; as well as Andrew Paterson, Chief Marketing Officer.
For the Q&A part of this call, we will also be joined by Andree Blaukat, Head of Research Oncology, Amy Kao, Head of Research Immunology; Jan Klatt, Head of Development Neurology & Immunology; as well as Victoria Zazulina, Head of Development Oncology.
We will now guide you through the key slides of this presentation. This will be then followed by a Q&A for you to ask all your questions.
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