Merck refers primarily to the German

Merck family The Merck family is a German family of industrialists and bankers, known for establishing the world's oldest pharmaceutical company Merck, its American former subsidiary Merck & Co. (MSD), which is now an independent company, as well as the Ha ...

and three companies founded by the family, including: * the

Merck Group The Merck Group, branded and commonly known as Merck, is a German multinational science and technology company headquartered in Darmstadt, with about 60,000 employees and present in 66 countries. The group includes around 250 companies; the m ...

, a German chemical, pharmaceutical and life sciences company founded in 1668 **

Merck Serono Merck Serono (EMD Serono in the United States and Canada) is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, and a brand and division of Merck focused on biopharmaceuticals. In September 2006, Merck KGaA announced its intent to pu ...

(known as EMD Serono in the United States and Canada), a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, and a brand and division of Merck focused on biopharmaceuticals * Merck & Co., Inc. (known as MSD (''Merck Sharp & Dohme'') outside North America), an American pharmaceutical company and a former subsidiary of the German Merck company, as founded in 1891/1917 * H. J. Merck & Co., a German bank founded in 1799 Merck may also refer to:

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Carl Merck Carl Hermann Merck (3 May 1809 - 16 October 1880) was one of the leading Hamburg statesmen of the 19th century, holding the office of Syndicus from 1847 until his death in 1880.Carl Hermann Merck in General German Biography (ADB ) de.wikisource.o ...

(1809–1880), Syndicus (foreign affairs head) of the Free City of Hamburg * Ernst Merck (1811–1863), German businessman and politician *

George W. Merck George Wilhelm Herman Emanuel Merck (March 29, 1894 – November 9, 1957) was the president of Merck & Co. from 1925 to 1950 and a member of the Merck family. Early life George W. Merck was born in New York City, to George Friedrich and Fri ...

(1894–1957), American president of Merck & Co. *

Heinrich Emanuel Merck Heinrich Emanuel Merck (15 September 1794 – 14 February 1855) was an apothecary whose descendants are the founders of Merck and Company and Merck KGaA. Biography He was a direct descendant of company founder Friedrich Jacob Merck, who had pur ...

(1794–1855), German apothecary whose descendants were the founders of Merck chemical companies *

Johann Heinrich Merck Johann Heinrich Merck (11 April 1741 – 27 June 1791), German author and critic, was born at Darmstadt, a few days after the death of his father, a chemist. He studied law at Gießen, and in 1767 was given an appointment in the paymaster's depar ...

(1741–1791), German author and critic *

William Merck William Rudolph Henry Merk served as the Chief Commissioner of the North-West Frontier Province of British India from 1909 to 1910. Biography William Merk was born in Shimla Shimla (; ; also known as Simla, List of renamed Indian cities ...

(1852–1925), British commissioner in India

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Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy ''The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy'', referred to as ''The Merck Manual'', is the world's best-selling medical textbook, and the oldest continuously published English language medical textbook. First published in 1899, the current print e ...

'', a 1899 medical textbook published by Merck & Co. * ''

Merck Index ''The Merck Index'' is an encyclopedia of chemical substance, chemicals, pharmaceutical drug, drugs and biomolecule, biologicals with over 10,000 monographs, monograph on single substances or groups of related chemical compound, compounds publis ...

'', a 1968 encyclopedia of chemistry, formerly published by Merck & Co. and now by the Royal Society of Chemistry * ''

Merck Veterinary Manual The ''Merck Veterinary Manual'' is a reference manual of animal health care. It was first published by Merck & Co., Inc. in 1955. It contains concise, thorough information on the diagnosis and treatment of disease in a wide variety of species. ...

'', a reference manual of animal health care published by Merck & Co. and Merial Limited

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* Merck Finck & Co., a German private bank *

Johann-Heinrich-Merck-Preis Johann-Heinrich-Merck-Preis is a literary prize of Hesse awarded by the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung since 1964. Since 2013 the prize winner receives €20,000. The award is donated by the Merck Group in memory of the German author ...

, a literary prize of Hesse, Germany *

Merck Records Merck Records (2000– 2007) was a record label based in Miami and run by Gabe Koch. It released electronic music. Background Their releases cover a wide range of styles, from cut up vocal hip hop by their most prominent artist Machinedrum, to ...

, an IDM and experimental hip hop record label based in Miami, Florida, USA *

Merck-Saint-Liévin Merck-Saint-Liévin (; pcd, Merck-Saint-Lévin; vls, Sint-Lievens-Merk) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Merck-Saint-Liévin lies about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Saint-Om ...

, a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department, France

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