Merck & Co. Inc.

Type:	Public
Industry:	Pharmaceuticals
Founded:	1917 as an independent company
Founder(s):	George Merck
Headquarters:	Kenilworth, New Jersey,
Country:	United States
Products:	medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, and animal health products.
Employees:	Approximately 68,000 (as of March 31, 2016)
Revenue:	$39.5 billion (2015)
Website:	Merck Website
Key People
Kenneth C. Frazier, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer

Merck & Co. is one of the largest pharmaceutical and chemical companies in the world whose core product categories include diabetes, cancer, vaccines and hospital acute care. They also focus their research on cancer, hepatitis C, cardio-metabolic disease, antibiotic-resistant infection and Alzheimer's disease.