Written by Sopheon | Jun 22, 2013 5:00:00 AM
Merck KGaA, founded in 1668 in Darmstadt, Germany, is the world's oldest pharmaceutical and chemical company. Today it is globally renowned as a leading company for innovative and top-quality high-tech products in healthcare, life science and performance materials – medicines of biological origin, over-the-counter products, products for allergen immunotherapy, liquid crystals for LC displays, pigments for the coatings, plastics and printing industries as well as lab solutions for pharmaceutical research and biotechnology. Subsidiaries in Canada and the United States operate under the umbrella brand EMD.