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Merck Serono

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German pharmaceutical company

Merck Serono (EMD Serono in the United States and Canada) is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, and a brand and division of Merck focused on biopharmaceuticals. In September 2006, Merck KGaA announced its intent to purchase the majority of Serono shares from Ernesto Bertarelli and the Bertarelli family. The Merck-Serono merger was announced on 21 September 2006.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2007Founded1

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Photo: Cathrin Badzung, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Merck Serono (EMD Serono in the United States and Canada) is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, and a brand and division of Merck focused on biopharmaceuticals.2

Corporate structure

Merck Serono is part of a group headed by Merck KGaA. 65 entities, 25 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Merck KGaA Darmstadt, Germany
    • Merck Serono Darmstadt
    • Merck (Canada) Subsidiary · Kirkland, Canada
    • Merck (India) Subsidiary · Mumbai, India
    • Merck (United Kingdom) Subsidiary · Feltham, United Kingdom
    • Seven Seas Limited Subsidiary · Feltham
    • ARES TRADING SA Subsidiary · Aubonne, Switzerland
    • AZ Electronic Materials (Luxembourg) S.à r.l. Subsidiary · Luxembourg, Luxembourg
    • BIORELIANCE LTD. Subsidiary · Aberdeen, United Kingdom
    • EMD Finance LLC Subsidiary · Wilmington, Delaware, United States
    • EMD Millipore Corporation Subsidiary · Burlington, Massachusetts, United States
    • Lamberts Healthcare Limited Subsidiary · Kent, United Kingdom
    • meokeu-illegteulonigmeotilieoljeu jusighoesa (머크일렉트로닉머티리얼즈 주식회사) Subsidiary · Seoul, South Korea
    • Merck & Cie KmG Subsidiary · Altdorf UR, Switzerland
    • Merck (Schweiz) AG Subsidiary · Zug, Switzerland
    • Merck 13. Allgemeine Beteiligungs-GmbH Subsidiary · Darmstadt, Germany
    • Merck Aktiebolag Subsidiary · Solna, Sweden
    • Merck B.V. Subsidiary · Schiphol-Rijk, Netherlands
    • Merck Biopharma Distribution S.A. de C.V. Subsidiary · Mexico City, Mexico
    • Merck Business Solutions Asia Inc. Subsidiary · Taguig City, Philippines
    • MERCK CAPITAL LIMITED Subsidiary · Pieta', Malta
    • Merck Electronics KGaA Subsidiary · Darmstadt, Germany
    • Merck Export GmbH Subsidiary · Darmstadt, Germany
    • Merck Financial Services GmbH Subsidiary · Darmstadt, Germany
    • Merck Financial Trading GmbH Subsidiary · Gernsheim, Germany
    • MERCK FINANZ S.à r.l. Subsidiary · Luxembourg, Luxembourg
    • and 37 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

In addition to internal research and development activities Merck Serono with the help of Toledana, is also involved in publicly funded collaborative research projects, with other industrial and academic partners. One example in the area of non-clinical safety assessment is the InnoMed PredTox. The company is expanding its activities in joint research projects within the framework of the Innovative Medicines Initiative of EFPIA and the European Commission.

From Wikipedia’s article on Merck Serono, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

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Timeline

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