Merck

Merck and Company Incorporated is a pharmaceutical company located throughout the United States and Canada as well as in certain locations around the world. It is one of the best-known and largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. The company was founded several hundred years ago and used by the United States government during the First World War. The headquarters are currently in Kenilworth, New Jersey, and today Merck not only creates pharmaceuticals, many of which are well-known, they also publish a variety of medical reference books for nurses, physicians, and veterinarians, and have expanded widely past the area of pharmaceuticals. They have over 68,000 employees as of 2017 and some of the employment opportunities may include senior scientists, biologista, animal health marketers, operations technicians, production operators, administrative specialists, and much more.

This company can trace its roots back to the original parent company of Merck, which was started by the Merck family in 1668. The original founder was Jacob Friedrich Merck, who purchased a drugstore sometime in the 1800s in Germany. As the company grew, it evolved from a pharmacy to a pharmaceutical company, and became famous for manufacturing the widely used painkiller morphine. After immigration to the United States in 1891, the company started in New York City as a Merck and Company. Some of their best-known products include the following:

* Gardasil

* Singulair

* Propecia/Proscar

* Zocor Vioxx Fosamax

* Keytruda Januvia

* Primaxin

In the United States, you can find Merck in various cities including Kenilworth where their headquarters are currently located. You can also find them in Akron, Ohio; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Alexandria, Virginia; Allentown, Pennsylvania; Altoona, Anaheim, California; Asheville, North Carolina; Atlanta, Georgia; Austin, Texas; and lots of other places. They reported $41.26 billion in revenue as of the 2017 fiscal year as well as revenue per share of $15.25.