Merck Group

Founded in Darmstadt, Germany in 1668 by Friedrich Jacob Merck, Merck KGaA is the world’s oldest pharmaceutical and chemical company. Merck is a leading company for innovative and top-quality high-tech products in healthcare, life science and performance materials. They are known as Merck internationally. In the United States and Canada, however, they operate as EMD Serono in the Biopharma business, as MilliporeSigma in the Life Science business, and as EMD Performance Materials in the materials business.