Vision & Values
Focused on today, positioned for tomorrow

        Our Vision

        We will create an innovative, successful pharmaceuticals business with global reach by leveraging our core strengths. Our success will benefit patients and reward employees and owners.

        Our Values

        Six core values, which we share as a division of the Merck group, guide our endeavours as we work to realize our vision:
        Integrity ensures our credibility 
        Respect is foundation of any partnership
        Transparency makes mutual trust possible 
        Courage opens the door to the future
        Achievement makes our entrepreneurial success possible
        Responsibility determines our entrepreneurial actions

        Corporate Citizenship

        For detailed information on our corporate citizenship activities, please visit the Merck KGaA website

        Elmar Schnee

              Elmar Schnee, President of Merck Serono 


              Since the creation of our new division in January 2007, Merck Serono has laid the foundations for its future success. Today, we have a common vision, federating values and a clear strategy in place to achieve our business objectives.

              We are committed to growing our business in specialist therapeutic areas where our knowledge and experience can make a real difference for patients. We will achieve this through our own research and development as well through partnerships, which are an integral part of our strategy.

              Today, our integrated and optimized R&D portfolio combines the strengths of two complementary businesses, and the result is greater than the sum of the parts. It reflects our rich heritage of pharmaceutical chemistry and biological expertise and provides a broad technological platform for innovation.

              Our pursuit of Innovation drives everything we do, and our success will be achieved through employee excellence.

                    Last updated: 05/12/2007