Merck KGaA (MRK) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

Merck KGaA (MRK) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review provides you an in-depth strategic SWOT analysis of the company’s businesses and operations. The profile has been compiled by GlobalData to bring to you a clear and an unbiased view of the company’s key strengths and weaknesses and the potential opportunities and threats. The profile helps you formulate strategies that augment your business by enabling you to understand your partners, customers and competitors better.

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- Business description – A detailed description of the company’s operations and business divisions.
- Corporate strategy – Analyst’s summarization of the company’s business strategy.
- SWOT Analysis – A detailed analysis of the company’s strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats.
- Company history – Progression of key events associated with the company.
- Major products and services – A list of major products, services and brands of the company.
- Key competitors – A list of key competitors to the company.
- Key employees – A list of the key executives of the company.
- Executive biographies – A brief summary of the executives’ employment history.
- Key operational heads – A list of personnel heading key departments/functions.
- Important locations and subsidiaries – A list and contact details of key locations and subsidiaries of the company.
- Key manufacturing facilities – A list of key manufacturing facilities of the company.
- Detailed financial ratios for the past five years – The latest financial ratios derived from the annual financial statements published by the company with 5 years history.
- Interim ratios for the last five interim periods – The latest financial ratios derived from the quarterly/semi-annual financial statements published by the company for 5 interims history.

Highlights

Merck KGaA (Merck) is a pharmaceutical and chemical company, which operates its business in three markets namely, pharmaceuticals market, high-tech materials market and life sciences market. Its business operations include promoting prescription drugs of chemical and biological origin and over-the-counter products for preventive health care and the self-treatment of minor ailments (pharmaceuticals market); identifying, developing and manufacturing biotech and pharmaceutical drugs and general laboratory applications (life sciences market); and developing liquid crystal mixtures and cosmetic active ingredients (high-tech materials market). The company operates in three business segments, namely, Healthcare, Performance Materials and Life Sciences. The Pharmaceuticals segment comprises Merck Serono and Consumer Health Care business. The company has operations in over 67 countries spread across Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia and Australia. It is a subsidiary of E. Merck KG Merck is headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany.

Merck KGaA Key Recent Developments

Feb 22, 2016: Merck puts spotlight on women’s health and well-being
Feb 16, 2016: Karl-Ludwig Kley Receives Weizmann Award in the Sciences and Humanities
Jan 27, 2016: Merck Announces New Biopharma Heads for North America and China
Jan 20, 2016: Merck launches Vivera in Latin America
Jan 15, 2016: Merck Announces Favorable English Court Ruling on Name Use

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