MERCK & COMPANY INC. overview

RAHWAY, NJ / ACCESSWIRE / December 5, 2024 / Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, has ranked No. 1 on Newsweek's annual list of America's Most Responsible Companies for the second year in a row. "We hold ourselves to the highest standards of ethics and integrity," said Robert M. Davis, chairman and chief executive officer, Merck. "A firm belief in the importance of operating responsibly is at the heart of who we are as a company, and we will continue to...

RAHWAY, NJ / ACCESSWIRE / November 20, 2024 / The Merck Foundation (Foundation) has announced a new initiative to help advance equitable access to high-quality, culturally responsive care for people with heart conditions in underserved U.S. communities-the Collaborative for Equity in Cardiac Care (Collaborative). The Foundation is committing $17 million over five years (2025-2030) to support the Collaborative, which aims to: Transform the delivery of primary care by promoting person-centered...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / October 4, 2024 / Episode 1 of Career On Purpose, a new podcast series from Merck, features an engaging conversation on the company's transformative "Skills-First" program, which helps attract, develop, advance and retain talented people who don't have four-year degrees. In this episode, Ngozi Motilewa, enterprise HR lead for Merck's Skills-First Diversity Talent Initiative, shares details on the program's origins, workings and impact, and Robert Roberson, an...

How one employee's upbringing and career journey have motivated her to fight inequities around the world NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / July 16, 2024 / For Priya Agrawal, health equity has been a lifelong concern and a guiding principle in the work she's done across industries. As a young girl growing up in central London, Agrawal saw firsthand how inequities even within her own extended family could drastically impact health outcomes. "I watched my father's side of the family - who lived in...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / June 20, 2024 / Building the workforce of tomorrow means investing in the students of today. That's why Merck has partnered with North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (N.C. A&T) - the largest historically Black college and university in the U.S. - to launch the Merck Biotechnology Learning Center. "We're pleased to launch this new collaboration with an institution that precisely aligns to our company priorities to invest in the growth and...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / June 12, 2024 / Merck & Co., Inc. Strong career paths and cutting-edge science draw more women scientists - like chemists and engineers - to the company's small molecule process R&D team Women scientists have historically been underrepresented in the field of process research and development - the space between drug discovery and manufacturing. However, over the past seven years, the percentage of women on Merck's small molecule process research & development (SM...

The company's scientists are accelerating research by looking to improve anti-tumor immune response, targeting specific cancer cells and helping inhibit cancer growth NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / June 6, 2024 / In recent decades, our improved understanding of cancer has illuminated that we cannot treat all cancers as one disease - scientists have classified hundreds of types and found a myriad of genetic drivers underlying them. This means, just as cancer isn't one disease, there cannot be...

Surpasses its goal of reaching 25 million women by 2025 RAHWAY, NJ / ACCESSWIRE / May 8, 2024 / Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, announced today that Merck for Mothers, the company's global maternal health initiative, has reached more than 30 million women through programs promoting safe, high-quality, respectful care, surpassing its goal of reaching 25 million women by 2025. Merck for Mothers supports the company's work in expanding access to health and...