This work led pharmaceutical company Merck, among others, to pursue anti-cancer drugs that target human kinesin-5.

He is currently a director of the pharmaceutical company Merck.

In 1987, Raetz joined the pharmaceutical company Merck, eventually becoming vice president for biochemistry and microbiology research.

For more than 10 years he was an executive for the pharmaceutical company Merck, Sharp & Dohme.

Gillison has already worked with the pharmaceutical company Merck to find out whether its HPV vaccine, Gardasil, would prevent infection in the mouth and throat.

Finasteride was originally developed by the pharmaceutical company Merck as a drug (Proscar) to treat enlarged prostate glands.

Brand names include Zocor, Zocor Heart Pro, marketed by the pharmaceutical company Merck & Co.

In a survey of couples having difficulty conceiving, conducted by the pharmaceutical company Merck, 61 percent of respondents hid their infertility from family and friends.

Last month, pharmaceutical company Merck announced plans for a research centre in China, tapping the pool of graduates and scientists there.

Commercial production began in Darmstadt, Germany in 1827 by the pharmacy that became the pharmaceutical company Merck, with morphine sales being a large part of their early growth.