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The Merck Group, branded and commonly known as Merck, is a German multinational science and technology company headquartered in Darmstadt, with about 60,000 employees and a presence in 66 countries. The group includes around 250 companies; the main company is Merck KGaA in Germany. The company is divided into three business lines: Healthcare ...
Merck Serono (EMD Serono in the United States and Canada) is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, and a brand and division of Merck focused on biopharmaceuticals. [ 1 ] In September 2006, Merck KGaA announced its intent to purchase the majority of Serono shares from Ernesto Bertarelli and the Bertarelli family.
Merck Consumer Health is a fully integrated division of the German chemical and pharmaceutical company Merck KGaA. It offers a wide range of over-the-counter products to consumers in more than 100 countries and belongs to the global top 20 of the most successful companies in the OTC industry. [ 2 ]
2014 – Merck KGaA announced that it would purchase Sigma-Aldrich for approx. $17 billion (€13.1 billion). [16] [17] November 3, 2014 – Sigma-Aldrich filed a definitive proxy statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to hold a special investors meeting regarding approval for the sale to Merck KGaA. [18]
The Darmstadt-based company Merck's former US subsidiary became an independent company, Merck & Co., after US seizure of Merck's assets during World War I.This category relates to the original company in its entirety and its legal successor, Merck of Darmstadt.
Merck & Co. traces its origins to its former German parent company Merck Group, which was established by the Merck family in 1668 when Friedrich Jacob Merck purchased a drug store in Darmstadt. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] In 1827, Merck Group evolved from a pharmacy to a drug manufacturer company with the commercial manufacture of morphine . [ 29 ]
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Merz Pharma GmbH & Co. KGaA (also Merz Pharma KGaA or Merz) is an internationally active family-owned company, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.Merz is the parent company of independent businesses in the fields of aesthetic medicine, therapeutic medicine (including for neurological movement disorders), and wellness and beauty products with its brands Tetesept [1] and Merz Spezial.