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Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals company

Merck is a global pharmaceutical and chemical company with a history that began in 1668, and a future shaped by around 40,000 employees in 67 countries. Merck is the world’s oldest pharmaceutical and chemical company.

The operational business is managed under the umbrella of Merck KGaA headquartered in Darmstadt (Germany). Around 30% of the company’s total capital is publicly traded, while the Merck family owns an interest of about 70% via the general partner E. Merck KG.

The pharmaceutical, chemical and life science businesses of Merck are organized in four divisions:
Merck Serono - Transforming lives through medical science
Consumer Health Care - Reach for a better life!
Merck Millipore
Performance Materials – Experience Innovation

Merck Serono develops innovative prescription pharmaceuticals. Through their targeted effect, these help patients to live a longer and better life. Merck Consumer Health Care is the division for over-the-counter pharmaceuticals that relieve minor complaints and enhance quality of life.

Merck offers a very wide range of specialty chemicals for technologically sophisticated applications. Close cooperation in development and production of liquid crystals with the world’s leading display manufacturers has made our Performance Materials division the global number one in this market of the future.
Customers from the food, optics, plastics, paint, printing, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries rely on specialty products from our Merck Millipore division. You can access our Chemicals portal via Merck Chemicals.