About our company
We aspire to be the premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company
Our purpose: We use the power of leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world
For more than 130 years, we have brought hope to humanity through the development of important medicines and vaccines. We aspire to be the premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company in the world — and today, we are at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions that advance the prevention and treatment of diseases in people and animals. We foster a diverse and inclusive global workforce and operate responsibly every day to enable a safe, sustainable and healthy future for all people and communities.
Our History
The heart of our work
We believe corporate responsibility is about our health, social, environmental, and economic impact on people and communities around the world.
The team that guides our passion
Our Canadian leaders focus on our purpose to use the power of leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world. This is the foundation of everything we do.
Our company by the numbers
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"Merck Canada partners with stakeholders from across the healthcare ecosystem to bring important medicines & vaccines to Canadians & maximize their access to patients. With a patient-centric & solutions-oriented mindset, our passionate and diverse team of innovators goes above & beyond to solve our greatest health challenges and pave the way forward."
Marwan Akar, Managing Director
We are all accountable for delivering high quality products and services. We aspire to improve the health and wellness of people and animals worldwide and to expand access to our medicines and vaccines. All of our actions must be measured against our responsibility to those who use or need our products.
Our ability to excel depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill, diversity, safety and teamwork of our employees. To this end, we work to create an environment of mutual respect, inclusion and accountability. We reward commitment and performance and are responsive to the needs of our employees and their families.
We are committed to the highest standards of ethics and integrity. We are responsible to our customers, to our competitors, to distributors and suppliers, to shareholders and to the communities we serve worldwide. In discharging our responsibilities, we do not take professional or ethical shortcuts.
Our values are driven by a desire to improve life
We’ve built a culture that embraces scientific excellence, operates with the highest standards of integrity, expands access to our products and employs a diverse workforce that values collaboration.
Our past and our future
For 130 years, we’ve focused on not just the next quarter, but the next quarter century.
Our areas of focus
We focus on scientific innovation to deliver medicines and vaccines that may help millions of people around the world.
Oncology
We’re proud to deliver breakthrough innovations in oncology that are helping patients with certain types of cancer. We’re continuing to accelerate what we can achieve for the patients we serve because more ways to help treat cancer are needed.
Vaccines
Vaccines are one of the greatest public health success stories in history. They help protect against more than 20 potentially life-threatening diseases.
Infectious Diseases
Our decades of research in infectious diseases have led to profound scientific advances. We’ve been combating global health threats caused by infectious diseases for more than a century. From developing one of the first antibiotics to pioneering research in HIV science, our focus has always been on the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and communities around the world. But our work is far from done. Every year, millions of people die from infectious diseases.
Merck Animal Health
Merck Animal Health is a research-driven company that develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of veterinary medicines and services.
We offer one of the industry’s most innovative portfolios, spanning products for the prevention, treatment and control of disease in all major farm and companion animal species.
