Merck Reiterates Confidence in Returning to Sustainable Growth

Tailwind thanks to robust global growth trends in all three business sectors

18-Oct-2024 - Merck is looking confidently toward the future. At the Capital Markets Day, the company shared its expectation of profitable and financially strong growth in the coming years. After the transitional year of 2023, Merck considers the medium-term growth opportunities in its markets to be intact. ...

Merck Welcomes Ten New Startups to its Innovation Center

17-Jan-2019 - Merck announced the ten startups that will be joining the seventh intake of its Accelerator program at the Merck Innovation Center in Darmstadt. The teams come from nine different countries, making 2019 the most international intake in the Merck Accelerator’s history. They were chosen from a ...

Merck Announces Executive Board Changes

Walter Zywottek to retire on July 1; Dr. Bernd Reckmann to head the Chemicals business sector

14-Apr-2008 - Merck KGaA announced that Walter Zywottek (60), General Partner and Member of the Executive Board with responsibility for the Chemicals business sector, will retire on July 1, 2008. Dr. Bernd Reckmann (53) has been appointed to succeed him in this function. Dr. Reckmann is likewise a General ...

Merck KGaA Purchases Spanish Pharmaceutical Business Prasfarma

15-Sep-2005 - Merck KGaA announced that its Spanish subsidiary Merck Genericos SL has purchased the pharmaceutical business of Prasfarma from Almirall Prodesfarma SA, for EUR 20 million, including inventories and other working capital. "A key element of our strategy in Europe is to expand in fast growing ...

Merck KGaA to strengthen company brands worldwide

Chemicals businesses renamed to support brand recognition for EMD, Merck

12-Dec-2002 - To further support recognition and increase the strength of the the company's brands world-wide, Merck KGaA today announced several name changes for its global Chemicals business, effective January 1, 2003. Merck of Darmstadt, Germany holds the exclusive rights to the Merck name world-wide ...

Merck Announces Stable Results in Challeging Times

25-Oct-2002 - The Merck Group third-quarter sales declined 5.4% to EUR 1,847 million from EUR 1,952 million in the year-ago quarter. Sales were burdened by a 6.1% negative currency effect and generic competition and over stocking in the U.S. for Merck's top-selling product, the oral anti-diabetic Glucophage. ...