Merck Ltd.

Merck, a leading science and technology company, operates across healthcare, life science and performance materials. Around 57,000 employees work to make a positive difference to millions of people’s lives every day by creating more joyful and sustainable ways to live. From advancing gene editing technologies and discovering unique ways to treat the most challenging diseases to enabling the intelligence of devices – the company is everywhere. Scientific exploration and responsible entrepreneurship have been key to Merck’s technological and scientific advances. This is how Merck has thrived since its founding in 1668. The founding family remains the majority owner of the publicly listed company. Merck holds the global rights to the Merck name and brand. The only exceptions are the United States and Canada, where the business sectors of Merck operate as EMD Serono in healthcare, MilliporeSigma in life science, and EMD Performance Materials. Merck products have been in Taiwan since the 1960’s. In 1989, Merck established its office in Taiwan, and currently we have nearly 1000 employees working at our local head office in Taipei, as well as our manufacturing and R&D sites in Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Zhubei, Zhunan, Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung. We are here to help create, improve and prolong lives of our patients; empower the scientific community to solve the toughest problem in life science; and be the company behind the company driving digital living and enabling future technologies.