MERCK
Year of Foundation: 1971
Managing Director: Fabrizio Bocchetti
Number of employees: (5/3/2026): 65
Turnover (2024): €51.7 mio
Merck is a leading science and technology company that uniquely combines the three innovation-driven businesses Life Science, Healthcare, and Electronics. More than 62,000 employees work to make a positive difference to millions of people’s lives every day by creating more joyful and sustainable ways to live. In 2024, Merck generated sales of € 21.2 billion in 65 countries.
Based on our multi-industry expertise and our global footprint, we develop specialized technologies and services to address a broad range of global challenges. In collaboration with our customers and partners, we work to make a positive impact on millions of people’s lives every day.
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 MilliporeSigma in life science, EMD Serono in healthcare, and EMD Electronics in electronics.
Business Sectors
In Healthcare, we operate as a global specialty innovator in Oncology, Neurology & Immunology, as well as the therapeutic areas of Fertility and Cardiology Metabolism & Endocrinology. The Healthcare business sector discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets innovative pharmaceutical and biological prescription drugs to treat cancer, multiple sclerosis (MS), infertility, and growth disorders, as well as certain cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. These life-changing therapies are used to treat 95 million patients worldwide. We are driven by our purpose “To help create, improve and prolong lives – as one for patients”.
In Life Science, we are a leading global provider of products and services for a wide range of customers, including biotech and pharmaceutical companies, academic and diagnostic labs, and the industrial sector. With a strong focus on innovation, we are committed to delivering solutions to create a sustainable future for generations to come.
In Electronics, we are a leading material solutions provider for the semiconductor display industries. Our Material Intelligence™ is the backbone for A.I. and high performance computing. The industry is at an inflection point, and the next phase of transformation cannot happen without us.
Merck in Greece
Merck has been operating in Greece since 1971. We focus our activities in two business sectors:
Healthcare: Our Healthcare business aims to create, improve and prolong patient lives. Science is at the heart of everything we do. By providing personalized treatments for multiple sclerosis, cancer, infertility, cardiovascular and endocrinological diseases, our goal is to make a difference for patients.
Life Science: In our Life Science business, we collaborate with the global scientific community to solve the industry’s toughest problems. We provide scientists with lab materials, technologies, and services to make research and biotech production simpler, faster and safer.
Business Sectors
Merck is globally active in three business sectors: Healthcare, Life Science and Electronics.
The Healthcare portfolio includes prescription medicines for the treatment of colorectal cancer, head and neck tumors, multiple sclerosis, infertility, growth hormone disorders, cardiovascular disorders, thyroid disorders, for instance hyper- or hypothyroidism and diabetes.
The Life Science business has a broad product and technology portfolio for the life science industry. Its products and services are used to discover, develop and manufacture drugs of chemical and biotechnological origin as well as in research and application laboratories. Moreover, this business offers analytical systems and test kits for the food and beverage industry.
The product portfolio of Electronics comprises specialty chemicals and functional materials for applications in fields such as consumer electronics, lighting, photovoltaics, printing technology, as well as the coatings, plastics, cosmetics and food industries.
Merck in Greece
Merck has been operating in Greece since 1971. We focus our activities in two business sectors:
Healthcare: Our Healthcare business aims to create, improve and prolong patient lives. Science is at the heart of everything we do. By providing personalized treatments for multiple sclerosis, cancer, infertility, cardiovascular and endocrinological diseases, our goal is to make a difference for patients.
Life Science: In our Life Science business, we collaborate with the global scientific community to solve the industry’s toughest problems. We provide scientists with lab materials, technologies, and services to make research and biotech production simpler, faster and safer.
CONTACT
Address: 41-45 Kifissias Ave. (Building B), 151 23 Maroussi, Athens
- Telephone:+30 (210) 6165 100
- Website: http://www.merck.gr
- Email: [email protected]