Merck & Co.
The current Merck & Co. logo, designed by Steff Geissbuhler of Chermayeff & Geismar in 1992. "MERCK" trade name is used in U.S. and Canada (top); outside these countries "MSD" is used (bottom). | |
Merck's branch office campus in Upper Gwynedd Township, Pennsylvania | |
| Company type | Public |
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| Industry | Pharmaceutical industry |
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| Headquarters | Rahway, New Jersey, U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Robert M. Davis (chairman, president and CEO) |
| Products | |
| Revenue | US$60.12 billion (2023) |
| US$1.889 billion (2023) | |
| US$365 million (2023) | |
| Total assets | US$106.7 billion (2023) |
| Total equity | US$37.58 billion (2023) |
Number of employees | c. 72,000 (2023) |
| Website | |
| Footnotes / references [1][2][3][4] | |
Merck & Co., Inc. is an American multinational pharmaceutical company. It is headquartered in Rahway, New Jersey. It is named for Merck Group, founded in Germany in 1668.
The company does business as Merck Sharp & Dohme or MSD outside the United States and Canada. It is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. It sometimes ranks in the global top five by revenue.[5][6]
References
- ↑ "Merck & Co., Inc. 2023 Form 10-K Annual Report". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. February 26, 2024.
- ↑ Trentmann, Nina (March 24, 2021). "Merck Names 30-Year Company Veteran as CFO". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660.
- ↑ "Merck Appoints Caroline Litchfield Chief Financial Officer". Business Wire. March 24, 2021.
- ↑ Linnane, Ciara (March 24, 2021). "Merck names Treasurer Caroline Litchfield CFO effective April 1". MarketWatch.
- ↑ "The top 10 most profitable pharma companies in 2021". Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ↑ "Pharma 50: The 50 largest pharmaceutical companies in the world".