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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) December 14, 2004

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Merck & Co., Inc.

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (908) 423-1000

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

	Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure
	Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
SIGNATURES
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OPENING REMARKS AT THE 2004 ANNUAL BUSINESS BRIEFING, BY RAYMOND V. GILMARTIN.
CLOSING REMARKS AT THE 2004 ANNUAL BUSINESS BRIEFING, BY RAYMOND V. GILMARTIN.
PRESS RELEASE

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

Incorporated by reference are Opening and Closing Remarks given at the 2004 Annual Business Briefing, by Raymond V. Gilmartin, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Registrant, attached as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, respectively. Also incorporated by reference is a press release issued by the Registrant on December 14, 2004, attached as Exhibit 99.3, concerning the Registrant’s business briefing to analysts.

This information is not deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, and is not incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing. Additionally, the submission of this report on Form 8-K is not an admission as to the materiality of any information in this report that is required to be disclosed solely by Regulation FD.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)

Exhibits

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	MERCK & CO., Inc.
Date: December 14, 2004	By:	/s/ Debra A. Bollwage
		DEBRA A. BOLLWAGE
		Assistant Secretary

 

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