Merck has a long tradition of responsible management. Fundamental to this is our awareness of the need to understand and respond to society’s expectations of our Company across many dimensions of our global activities, including our products and their effectiveness and safety profiles, how we make those products available, employment and ethical business practices, and our societal contributions and impact more generally. Throughout our operations, from discovery and development to distribution, our engagement with stakeholders guides our business strategy and decisions. We believe it also enhances understanding of – and trust in – our business.

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Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA, and Schering-Plough Corporation, Kenilworth, NJ, USA, are now one company. We have combined our global operations under the name Merck & Co., Inc. We are working to update our corporate responsibility Web site to reflect our new, combined, global organization.