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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2020
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Calculations of Earnings Per Share | The calculations of earnings per share are as follows:
| Three Months Ended June 30, |  | Six Months Ended June 30,
($ and shares in millions except per share amounts) | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Net income attributable to Merck & Co., Inc. | $ | 3,002 |  |  | $ | 2,670 |  |  | $ | 6,221 |  |  | $ | 5,585 |
Average common shares outstanding | 2,527 |  |  | 2,574 |  |  | 2,531 |  |  | 2,579 |
Common shares issuable (1) | 9 |  |  | 14 |  |  | 11 |  |  | 17 |
Average common shares outstanding assuming dilution | 2,536 |  |  | 2,588 |  |  | 2,542 |  |  | 2,596 |
Basic earnings per common share attributable to Merck & Co., Inc. common shareholders | $ | 1.19 |  |  | $ | 1.04 |  |  | $ | 2.46 |  |  | $ | 2.17 |
Earnings per common share assuming dilution attributable to Merck & Co., Inc. common shareholders | $ | 1.18 |  |  | $ | 1.03 |  |  | $ | 2.45 |  |  | $ | 2.15 |
(1) Issuable primarily under share-based compensation plans.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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