Product Donations

Merck is a global research-driven pharmaceutical company dedicated to putting patients first. Merck discovers, develops, manufactures and markets vaccines and medicines for a broad range of therapeutic categories. Additionally, Merck devotes extensive efforts to increase access to medicines through far-reaching programs that not only donate Merck medicines but also help deliver them to the people who need them. The Company provides products free of charge through several channels:

• The Merck Medical Outreach Program (MMOP)
  Through the Merck Medical Outreach Program (MMOP), Merck donates pharmaceuticals and vaccines to select, qualified, U.S.-based, private voluntary organizations (PVOs) for use in the developing world and in support of major disaster relief and emergency situations worldwide.
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• The Merck MECTIZAN Donation Program
  In 1987, Merck announced that it would donate MECTIZAN® (ivermectin) for the treatment of onchocerciasis (river blindness) to all who need it for as long as needed until the disease is eliminated as a public health problem. In 1998, Merck expanded that commitment to include the prevention of lymphatic filariasis (LF) in African countries where LF co-exists with river blindness.
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• Medicines for Medical Missions
  Under the MMOP guidelines, Merck does not directly support individual product donation requests or requests related to medical missions. Instead, as part of the MMOP, Merck donates medicines to the humanitarian organizations MAP International, for their medical mission "Travel Packs"; Interchurch Medical Assistance (I.M.A.), for their Medicine Box® program; and Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB), for their "Physicians on a Mission" program. These programs provide physicians traveling on medical missions with various medicines donated by Merck and other pharmaceutical companies, as well as medical supplies. Doctors traveling on a medical mission can request a Travel Pack, Medicine Box® or Physician on a Mission packs through the MAP International, I.M.A. and CMMB web sites.
• Disaster Relief
  When it is appropriate to do so, Merck and the Office of Contributions provides disaster relief as part of its philanthropic outreach. Our relief efforts often include donations of cash and medicines working through established channels and with trusted partners.
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As part of our commitment to improving access to medicines and vaccines in the developing world, Merck helped found the Partnership for Quality Medical Donations (PQMD). PQMD is an alliance of private voluntary organizations and medical product manufacturers dedicated to raising standards of medical donations globally to meet the needs of underserved populations and disaster victims around the world. Information about PQMD and the activities of its members can be found at www.pqmd.org.

U.S. Patient Assistance Program (PAP)
Merck established the Patient Assistance Program 50 years ago. Today, thousands of patients in the U.S. without prescription drug coverage receive free medicines through this program each year.
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