Jan 14, 2020 / 12:30AM GMT
Christopher Thomas Schott - JP Morgan Chase & Co, Research Division - Senior Analyst
Good afternoon, everybody. I'm Chris Schott from JPMorgan. I'm very pleased to be hosting Merck today. From the company, we have Ken Frazier, Chairman and CEO; as well as Roger Perlmutter, President of Merck Research Labs.
First of all, Happy New Year, and thanks for joining us.
Kenneth C. Frazier - Merck & Co., Inc. - Chairman, President & CEO
Happy New Year to you, Chris, and thanks for having us.
Christopher Thomas Schott - JP Morgan Chase & Co, Research Division - Senior Analyst
Yes, we're going to be doing a fireside chat format. And like prior years, we're not going to be doing a breakout afterwards, so we'll just do the chat and then break from there.
Questions and Answers:
Christopher Thomas Schott - JP Morgan Chase & Co, Research Division - Senior AnalystSo maybe Ken to open up and just help us set the stage for the conversation. Can you talk a