Merck

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Merck refers primarily to the German Merck family and three companies founded by the family, including:

  • the Merck Group, a German chemical, pharmaceutical and life sciences company founded in 1668
    • Merck Serono (known as EMD Serono in the United States and Canada), a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, and a brand and division of Merck focused on biopharmaceuticals
  • Merck & Co., Inc. (known as MSD (Merck Sharp & Dohme) outside North America), an American pharmaceutical company and a former subsidiary of the German Merck company, as founded in 1891/1917
  • H. J. Merck & Co., a German bank founded in 1799

Merck may also refer to:

People

  • Carl Merck (1809–1880), Syndicus (foreign affairs head) of the Free City of Hamburg
  • Ernst Merck (1811–1863), German businessman and politician
  • George W. Merck (1894–1957), American president of Merck & Co.
  • Heinrich Emanuel Merck (1794–1855), German apothecary whose descendants were the founders of Merck chemical companies
  • Johann Heinrich Merck (1741–1791), German author and critic
  • William Merck
    (1852–1925), British commissioner in India

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