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Founded Since 1850
Company Description
WE ARE MERCK
As a vibrant science and technology company, we believe in science as a force for good. We make a positive difference in millions of people’s lives. Discover how Merck uses science to drive human progress!
DEDICATED TO HUMAN PROGRESS
Our passion for science and technology is what drives our more than 64,000 employees across 66 countries to find solutions to some of today’s toughest challenges and create more sustainable ways to live.
We are here for people at every step, helping create, improve and prolong life. We deliver personalized treatments for serious diseases and enable people to achieve their dream of becoming parents. We empower the scientific community. Our tools, services, and digital platform make research simpler, more exact, and help to deliver breakthroughs more quickly. We provide progressive treatment solutions that help improve access to health thanks to the accuracy of our tests and the reliability of our medicine. As a company, we are at the forefront of digital living. Our science sits inside technologies that change the way we access, store, process, and display information. Our innovative technology drives human progress and opens new possibilities to transform life on Earth as we know it.
Thanks to the constant curiosity of our employees, we are making discoveries that can change the landscape of entire industries.
SCIENCE AS A FORCE FOR GOOD
Our ambition is to leverage science and technology to achieve lasting progress for mankind. For us, sustainable entrepreneurship and profitable growth go hand in hand.
For more than 350 years, we’ve been pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, and we’ll continue to do so in the years to come.
ALWAYS CURIOUS
Use curiosity to explore uncharted terrain in science and technology. Discover how curiosity helps us drive human progress!
OUR POSITIONS
As we innovate through scientific and technological advances, we never compromise our values.
VIBRANT SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
HISTORY
Our ideals have been shaped by our history of more than 350 years – right from the very start. Each of the 13 generations of the Merck family has contributed in its own way, making us what we are today: a leading science and technology company.
FOUNDED IN 1668
We are unique. We have been developing further since 1668, thus creating a special identity. The shared values that underpin the company and shape its future are anchored in the past and are still practiced to this very day. We are reliable. Family-owned for 13 generations The features that have shaped the company for more than 350 years are not “over and done with”. Each generation has helped to build the foundations that form our current identity. Our success is based on our values, on courage, achievement, responsibility, respect, integrity, and transparency. These very values inform our approach to our day-to-day work, the way we face challenges, and our interactions with our customers, business partners, employees, owners, shareholders, and the family. For instance, what does courage look like? Courage is pharmacist Friedrich Jacob Merck leaving his hometown to go build a new life in far-away Darmstadt. Courage is expanding the company’s presence to foreign continents early on. And sometimes even the addition of a tile to the mosaic has led to a brave new era, such as an active ingredient developed in Darmstadt that was on board the first manned mission to land on the moon.
QUESTIONS ABOUT HISTORY – SOLUTIONS FOR THE FUTURE
Change and stability, euphoria and sober perspectives, success and failure – over time a company experiences many extremes. Knowing and understanding this helps us to rise to challenges and develop ideas. The Corporate History research center collects, preserves, assesses, records, and scientifically processes everything that should and must be remembered in the interests of future-oriented actions. We reflect on the conceptual foundations of pharmacy, chemistry and medicine and answer questions about research and entrepreneurship.This work is done by an interdisciplinary team together with external cooperation partners using a broad range of methods. We offer professional advice, provide ideas and find solutions. High-quality scientific papers based on sound sources are written and used in professional and public discourse.
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