ZOSTAVAX® (Zoster Vaccine Live) Awarded Prix Galien USA 2013 Best Biotechnology Product

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October 23, 2013 6:30 am ET

Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada,
announced today that ZOSTAVAX® (Zoster Vaccine Live), the company’s
vaccine to help prevent shingles, received the Prix Galien USA 2013
Award for Best Biotechnology Product.

“Merck is honored to have been chosen as a recipient of this prestigious
award,” said Dr. Roger M. Perlmutter, president, Merck Research
Laboratories. “This achievement is a testament to the remarkable
contributions of everyone at Merck who played a role in helping to bring
ZOSTAVAX to market.”

The Prix
Galien Award
recognizes the pharmaceutical industry’s outstanding
achievement in the development of new medicines. An internationally
recognized award, the Prix Galien was founded in France in 1969 by
French pharmacist Roland Mehl and is considered the highest accolade for
pharmaceutical research and development.

This latest award for ZOSTAVAX is Merck’s sixth Prix Galien USA award in
seven years. The company was previously recognized for VICTRELIS
(2012)
, ROTATEQ (2010), ISENTRESS (2008), and JANUVIA and GARDASIL
(2007). In total, around the world, Merck has won the Prix Galien more
than 30 times, making Merck one of the two most-awarded companies of all
time.

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Media:
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Caroline Lappetito, (267) 305-7639

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