EMD Serono, Inc.

It all started in 1668, when Friedrich Jacob Merck purchased the Angel Pharmacy (Engel-Apotheke) in Darmstadt, which would become the historic core of the company. The Angel Pharmacy exists to this day.

In 1816, Emanuel Merck took over the Angel Pharmacy and initiated the transformation from a manual pharmacy craft to a research-based industrial company. He started the industrial-scale manufacture of his products, offered a collection of alkaloids for researchers and physicians, and established business relations in other European countries.

In 1887, our company opened its own office in New York, which gave rise to the subsidiary Merck & Co. three years later. As a result of World War I, this subsidiary was expropriated in 1917 and has been an independent company ever since.

As a result of World War I, this subsidiary was expropriated in 1917 and has been an independent company ever since.