Merck Group
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 Merck Group facts

• Merck was founded in 1668 and is the world's oldest operating chemical and pharmaceutical company, as well as one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world
• Merck operates in Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas
• It has major research and development centres in Darmstadt, Boston, Tokyo and Beijing
• Merck pioneered the commercial manufacture of morphine in the 19th century and for a time held a virtual monopoly on cocaine
• Merck was privately owned until going public on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in 1995, and is listed on the DAX index of Germany's top companies
• The Merck family still controls a majority 70
• 3% of the company's shares
• The Merck Group includes around 250 companies in 180 countries; the current main parent company of the group, since 1995, is named Merck KGaA, and is itself mainly owned by the former main parent company, E
• Merck oHG, which now operates as a holding company
• The American pharmaceutical company Merck & Co