corporation founded 1668 location darmstadt germany headquarters key people industry biotechnology pharmaceutical key products rebif gonal f luveris ovidrel ovitrelle serostim saizen zorbtive and raptiva erbitux revenue usd 5 billion projected website http www.merckserono.com http www.emdserono.com the former headquarters of merck serono in geneva which now hosts the campus biotech . merck serono emd serono in the united states and canada is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in darmstadt germany and a brand and division of merck focused on biopharmaceuticals . 1 in september 2006 merck kgaa announced its intent to purchase the majority of serono shares from ernesto bertarelli and the bertarelli family . the merck serono merger was announced on 21 september 2006 . merck kgaa and serono operated as distinct entities until at least january 2007 . as of january 5 2007 merck held the majority shares of serono . the new company is called merck serono international sa . in 2012 merck serono moved its headquarters from geneva switzerland to darmstadt . drugs they market include erbitux uft rebif novantrone gonal ovidrel ovitrelle zorbtive luveris saizen serostim glucophage concor and euthyrox . raptiva was withdrawn in 2007 . in the u.s. and canada merck serono is known as emd serono as the former merck subsidiary merck & co. holds the rights to the name merck in those countries . contents 1 collaborative research 2 notes and references 3 see also 4 external links collaborative research edit in addition to internal research and development activities merck serono is also involved in publicly funded collaborative research projects with other industrial and academic partners . one example in the area of non clinical safety assessment is the innomed predtox . 2 3 the company is expanding its activities in joint research projects within the framework of the innovative medicines initiative of efpia and the european commission . 4 notes and references edit background info www.merckserono.com mattes william b. 2008 . public consortium efforts in toxicogenomics . in mendrick donna l. ; mattes william b. essential concepts in toxicogenomics . methods in molecular biology . 460 . pp. 221 238 . doi 10.1007 978 1 60327 048 9 11 . isbn 978 1 58829 638 2 . pmid 18449490 . innomed predtox member organizations . retrieved 2008 08 25 . innovative medicines initiative . imi call topics 2008 . imi gb 018v2 24042008 calltopics.pdf . european commission . retrieved 2008 08 25 . dead link see also edit list of pharmaceutical companies pharmaceutical industry in switzerland campus biotech sutro biopharma external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to merck serono . merck serono company website emd www.emdserono.com serono companies portal germany portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title merck serono & oldid 695758170 categories pharmaceutical companies of germanycompanies based in hessemerckhidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2010use dmy dates from april 2015commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages espa olfran aisitaliano norsk bokm l edit links this page was last modified on 18 december 2015 at 10 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view