Merck

Merck may refer to:

• Merck KGaA, (EMD Millipore in the United States and Canada), a German chemical and pharmaceutical company
• Merck & Co., Inc. (MSD (Merck Sharp & Dohme) outside North America), an American pharmaceutical company and a former subsidiary of Merck KGaA
• Merck Serono (EMD Serono in North America), a pharmaceutical subsidiary of Merck KGaA

Publications

• Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, a medical textbook published by Merck & Co.
• The Merck Index, an encyclopedia of chemistry, formerly published by Merck & Co. and now by the Royal Society of Chemistry
• Merck Veterinary Manual, a reference manual of animal health care published by Merck & Co. and Merial Limited

People

• Merck family, original owners of the chemical companies above
• Ernst Merck (1811–1863), German businessman and politician
• George W. Merck (1894–1957), American president of Merck & Co.
• Heinrich Emanuel Merck (1794–1855), German apothecary whose descendants were the founders of Merck chemical companies
• Johann Heinrich Merck (1741–1791), German author and critic
• William Merck (1852–1925), British commissioner in India

Other

• Merck Finck & Co., a German private bank
• Johann-Heinrich-Merck-Preis, a literary prize of Hesse, Germany
• Merck Records, an IDM and experimental hip hop record label based in Miami, Florida, USA
• Merck-Saint-Liévin, a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department, France

See also

• mIRC
• Merc
• Merk