Merck announced second-quarter worldwide sales of $10.9 billion – a decrease of 8% compared with the second quarter of 2019 – reflecting the negative impact of COVID-19. Excluding the impact from foreign exchange, sales declined 5%. The company anticipates full-year 2020 revenue range to be between $47.2 billion and $48.7 billion, including a negative […]
Merck announces three significant scientific efforts in the fight against COVID-19
COVID-19 continues to be an extraordinary challenge to the global community. As a company dedicated to saving and improving lives for more than 100 years, we have a special responsibility to help in the fight against COVID-19. Merck has been fully committed to developing an effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic since it was first […]
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Merck joins South San Francisco biotech community with innovative research site and hunger for collaboration
The site sits at the center of an important biotechnology hub Decades before it became a hive of biotechnology activity, South San Francisco was a hotspot for manufacturing technologies. In 1943, our company tapped into the city’s workforce and resources, and moved into the neighborhood after buying a milk of magnesium manufacturing facility on East […]
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