In our business, adherence to the rule of law, ethical working practices, good corporate governance and transparency are critically important to patients, health care professionals, the purchasers of our products, our employees and investors — and to our sustainable business success. We have strong corporate policies and safeguards in place, and a long history of adhering to, and promoting, high ethical standards and the law.

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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.