Although we have achieved our water use reduction goal, Merck continues to place high priority on optimizing our use of water. Our first priority related to water is to understand and define our water footprint relative to the resources that are available in the regions where we operate. During 2009, we will continue our efforts to map water use at our facilities and begin to create profiles of water availability and risks at our facilities around the world. We will use that information to identify water use improvements and opportunities that optimize environmental benefit and business value.

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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.