Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK)

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Merck & Co., Inc.

126 East Lincoln Avenue
Rahway, NJ 07065
United States
908 740 4000
https://www.merck.com

Sector(s): Healthcare
Industry: Drug Manufacturers—General
Full-time employees: 67,000

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year born
Mr. Robert M. Davis J.D.	Chairman, Pres & CEO	6.08M	6.77M	1967
Ms. Caroline Litchfield	Exec. VP & CFO	2.8M	N/A	1969
Ms. Jennifer L. Zachary	Exec. VP & Gen. Counsel	2.73M	3.46M	1978
Dr. Dean Y. Li M.D., Ph.D.	Exec. VP & Pres of Merck Research Laboratories	3.44M	N/A	1962
Mr. Chirfi Guindo	Sr. VP & Chief Marketing Officer for Merck Human Health	1.54M	N/A	1966
Mr. David Michael Williams	Exec. VP and Chief Information & Digital Officer	N/A	N/A	1969
Mr. Peter Dannenbaum	VP of Investor Relations	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lisa LeCointe-Cephas	Sr. VP and Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer	N/A	N/A	1982
Ms. Cristal N. Downing	Exec. VP and Chief Communications & Public Affairs Officer	N/A	N/A	1970
Mr. Steven C. Mizell	Exec. VP & Chief HR Officer	N/A	N/A	1960

Amounts are as of 31 December 2022, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

Merck & Co., Inc. operates as a healthcare company worldwide. It operates through two segments, Pharmaceutical and Animal Health. The Pharmaceutical segment offers human health pharmaceutical products in the areas of oncology, hospital acute care, immunology, neuroscience, virology, cardiovascular, and diabetes, as well as vaccine products, such as preventive pediatric, adolescent, and adult vaccines. The Animal Health segment discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets veterinary pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and health management solutions and services, as well as digitally connected identification, traceability, and monitoring products. The company serves drug wholesalers and retailers, hospitals, and government agencies; managed health care providers, such as health maintenance organizations, pharmacy benefit managers, and other institutions; and physicians and physician distributors, veterinarians, and animal producers. It has collaborations with AstraZeneca PLC; Bayer AG; Eisai Co., Ltd.; Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP; and Gilead Sciences, Inc. to jointly develop and commercialize long-acting treatments in HIV, as well as collaboration with Bionomics to identify novel a7 nAChR PAMs suitable for the treatment of cognitive disorder. Merck & Co., Inc. was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Rahway, New Jersey.

Corporate governance

Merck & Co., Inc.’s ISS governance QualityScore as of 28 September 2023 is 3. The pillar scores are Audit: 5; Board: 4; Shareholder rights: 3; Compensation: 5.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.