Merck

Merck may refer to:

• Merck KGaA, (EMD Chemicals in the United States and Canada), a German-based chemical and pharmaceutical company
  • Merck Serono (EMD Serono in North America), a pharmaceutical division of Merck KGaA
  • Merck family, a family of pharmacists who eventually founded Merck KGaA
• Merck & Co., Inc. (Merck Sharp & Dohme outside North America), an American pharmaceutical company created after World War I from assets forfeited by Merck KGaA, though the two are unassociated
  • Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, a medical textbook published by Merck & Co.
  • Merck Index, an encyclopedia of Chemistry, published by Merck & Co.
  • Merck Veterinary Manual, a reference manual of animal health care published by Merck & Co. and Merial Limited

People

• Merck family, original owners of the chemical companies above
• Ernst Merck (1811–1863), German businessman and politician
• George W. Merck (1894-1957), American president of Merck & Co.
• Heinrich Emanuel Merck (1794–1855), German apothecary whose descendants were the founders of Merck chemical companies
• Johann Heinrich Merck (1741–1791), German author and critic
• William Merck (1852-1925), British commissioner in India

Other uses

• Merck Finck & Co., a German private bank
• Johann-Heinrich-Merck-Preis, a literary prize of Hesse, Germany
• Merck Records, an IDM and experimental hip hop record label based in Miami, Florida, USA
• Merck-Saint-Liévin, a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department, France