People of Merck

Patients & Caregivers

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Every day, the employees of Merck are joined together by an extraordinary sense of purpose-to discover and develop the best medicines and to bring those medicines to people everywhere. We fulfill this purpose by following five guiding principles that reflect who we are, what we do and how we do it. Our principles are: discovering novel medicines, continuing to demonstrate their effectiveness in advancing patient care, increasing access to our medicines worldwide, operating with integrity, and developing strong leaders.

On the following pages, you'll find examples of how we bring these principles to life day-to-day. In an increasingly competitive environment, we believe these core principles, which have been so much a part of our past, will guide our future success and help us bring the best of medicines to people throughout the world.