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World’s oldest chemical and pharmaceutical company, founded in 1668 in Darmstadt
Merck Facts and Financials
- World’s oldest chemical and pharmaceutical company, founded in 1668 in Darmstadt, Germany. Today, the Merck family remains the majority owner of the company.
- Three business sectors: Healthcare, Life Science and Performance Materials
- Approximately 50,000 employees, representing 129 nationalities, work at sites in 66 countries around the world
- € 2.0B investment in R&D in 2016
- Group sales rose by 17.0% to € 15.0B in 2016
- EBITDA pre exceptionals climbed 23.7% to € 4.5B
Life Science Growth
- Opened nine new, state-of-the-art M Lab™ Collabora tion Centers in 2016, with locations in North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America
- Constructing a new US $ 115M campus in Burlington, Massachusetts that will serve as a major hub for the North American Life Science business
- In January, 2017, Merck acquired BioControl Systems Inc., a global leader in food safety testing, to provide customers with complete workflow solutions for food pathogen testing
2016 Life Science Financial Performance
- Life Science sales rose by 68.6% to € 5.7B
- EBITDA pre exceptionals rose by 93.0% to €1.7B
- Life Science contributed 38% to Group sales and 34% to EBITDA pre exceptionals (excluding Corporate and Other)
2016 Life Science Sales by Region
- North America: 36%
- Europe: 35%
- Asia-Pacific: 23%
- Latin America: 4%
- Middle East and Africa (MEA): 2%
- Percentage of Life Science Sales by Business Area:
Percentage of Life Science Sales by Business Area:
38% : Process Solutions
36% : Research Solutions
26% : Applied Solutions
Corporate Responsibility
Through our corporate responsibility initiatives, we harness our collective expertise, passion and energy of employees to minimize our environmental footprint and positively impact communities around the world.
We are uniquely positioned to solve the toughest problems in life science through our efforts aligned with strengths in research, innovation and collaboration with the global scientific community.
This helps differentiate our business and provides a competitive edge for our customers, while accelerating access to health for people everywhere.
We demonstrate our commitment to corporate responsibility through extensive programs in three main areas:
- Greener Products and Solutions
which includes Design for Sustainability, Green Chemistry, Packaging and Recycling initiatives
- Employee and Community Engagement
- Sustainable Operations
We are a leader in life science
We aim to solve the toughest problems in life science by collaborating with the global scientific community, and through that accelerate access to health for people everywhere
We provide scientists and engineers with best-in-class lab materials, technologies and services
We are dedicated to making research and biotech production simpler, faster and safer
Our life science business areas are designed to best address our customers’ needs:
Research solutions —
Serves customers focused on identifying and developing medicines
Process solutions —
Delivers end-to-end products and expertise to customers who take what is developed in labs and manufacture it
Applied solutions —
Supports customers in ensuring that drugs, food and beverages are safe for consumption
Our core strengths:
Comprehensive portfolio and customer-focused innovation
Balanced geographic reach
Well-differentiated and industry-leading capabilities
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