Corporate profile

Merck is a global research-driven pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures and markets a range of products to improve human and animal health. The company’s operations are principally managed on a products basis and consist of two business segments; Pharmaceuticals such as therapeutic and preventive agents, sold by prescription, for the treatment of human disorders, and; Vaccines and Infectious Diseases including human health vaccine products such as preventative pediatric, adolescent and adult vaccines, primarily administered at physician offices.