Company Profile
Merck
Company Overview
We are a global healthcare company with a 125-year history of working to make a difference. Our company is known as Merck in the United States and Canada. Everywhere else, we are known as MSD.
Merck is an innovative, global healthcare leader that is committed to improving health and well-being around the world.
Our core product categories include diabetes, cancer, vaccines and hospital acute care. We continue to focus our research on conditions that represent some of today’s most significant health challenges – like cancer, HIV, HPV, hepatitis C, cardio-metabolic disease, antibiotic-resistant infection and Alzheimer's disease, and we are on the front lines in the fight against emerging global pandemics, such as ebola.
We also devote extensive time and energy to increasing access to medicines and vaccines through far-reaching programs that donate and deliver our products to the people who need them.
At Merck, we're applying our global reach, financial strength and scientific excellence to do more of what we're passionate about: improving health and improving lives.
Company History
Since 1891, our researchers have helped to find new ways to treat and prevent illness — from the discovery of vitamin B1, to the first measles vaccine, to cold remedies and antacids, to the first statins to treat high cholesterol. Our scientists have also helped develop many products to improve animal health, including vaccines and antibiotics. Today, as a premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company, we’re focused on making important scientific advancements within hepatitis C, HIV, diabetes and immuno-oncology.
While we are proud of our past, we are enthusiastic about the future. We aim to create a healthier, brighter future for people around the world.