Over 350 years Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany has become a leading science and technology company in healthcare, life science and performance materials. We have around 50,000 employees in 66 countries united by a passion to make a difference in the world—from biopharmaceutical therapies to treat cancer or MS, cutting-edge systems for scientific research and production, to liquid crystals for smartphones and LCD TVs. Known as Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany internationally, in the US and Canada we operate as EMD Serono, MilliporeSigma, and as EMD Performance Materials.