Saturday, March 8, 2008

"To Preserve and Improve Human Life."

The mission of Merck is to provide society with superior products and services by developing innovations and solutions that improve the quality of life and satisfy customer needs, and to provide employees with meaningful work and advancement opportunities, and investors with a superior rate of return.

About Merck & Co., Inc:
Merck
is a global research-driven pharmaceutical company dedicated to putting patients first. Established in 1891, Merck discovers, develops, manufactures and markets vaccines and medicines to address unmet medical needs. The company also devotes extensive efforts to increase access to medicines through far-reaching programs that not only donate Merck medicines but help deliver them to the people who need them. Merck also publishes unbiased health information as a not-for-profit service.

1 comment:

Eliran Peretz said...

I agree with the assessment that Merck has a sound mission statement. I find this mission statement capturing the organization unique and enduring reason for being. It refers to it target audience which are the customers, employees, and investors in a very promising way. Moreover this mission statement shows commitment, values and direction in which the company goes. Merck’s sound mission statement, and vision creates a winning combination for a successful company.