Merck & Co.

Merck & Co., Inc.
	; 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
Traded as	NYSE: MRK; DJIA component; S&P 100 component; S&P 500 component;
Industry	Pharmaceutical industry
Founded	January 1891; 134 years ago, as a subsidiary of Merck; 1917; 108 years ago, as an independent company;
Founders	Theodore Weicker; George Merck;
Headquarters	Rahway, New Jersey, U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Robert M. Davis (chairman, president and CEO)
Products	Pharmaceuticals; generic drugs; over-the-counter drugs; vaccines; diagnostics; contact lenses; Veterinary medicine;
Revenue	US$60.12 billion (2023)
Operating income	US$1.889 billion (2023)
Net income	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	merck.com (US & Canada); msd.com (international);
	Footnotes / references;

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".

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[10K-1] "Merck & Co., Inc. 2023 Form 10-K Annual Report". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. February 26, 2024.

[2] Trentmann, Nina (March 24, 2021). "Merck Names 30-Year Company Veteran as CFO". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660.

[3] "Merck Appoints Caroline Litchfield Chief Financial Officer". Business Wire. March 24, 2021.

[4] Linnane, Ciara (March 24, 2021). "Merck names Treasurer Caroline Litchfield CFO effective April 1". MarketWatch.

[5] "The top 10 most profitable pharma companies in 2021". Retrieved 10 March 2023.

[6] "Pharma 50: The 50 largest pharmaceutical companies in the world".

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