Merck KGaA, Darmstadt Germany is a science and technology company which operates across healthcare, life science and performance materials segments worldwide. The company has six businesses – Biopharmaceuticals, Consumer Health, Allergopharma, Biosimilars, Life Science and Performance Materials.
The life science business operates as MilliporeSigma in the U.S. and Canada, has a portfolio of more than 300,000 products enabling scientific discovery. The Performance Materials business segment offers groundbreaking liquid crystals and OLED materials for displays, materials for integrated circuits, effect pigments for coatings and color cosmetics or functional materials for energy solutions.
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 EMD Serono in healthcare, MilliporeSigma in life science, and EMD Performance Materials.