At
Merck Serono, we are actively committed to bringing therapeutic
innovations to patients. We specialize in the treatment of cancer,
neurodegenerative diseases, infertility, endocrine and metabolic
disorders, cardiovascular diseases and other conditions with unmet
medical needs.
Around the world, some 16,000 employees work to
discover, develop, manufacture and commercialize Merck Serono’s
prescription therapies, available in over 150 countries.
We are
internationally recognized as a biotechnology leader, with innovative
and successful products along with a well-stocked and promising
development pipeline. Specialized know-how in research and production
means that we are able to ensure absolutely high-quality manufacturing,
a key success factor especially in the biopharmaceutical industry.
In
2006, sales of Merck Serono combined products generated € 3.9 billion.
We devote a quarter of these earnings to the pursuit of innovative new
therapies through our own research and development, strategic alliances
and agreements.