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Merck in America: The first 70 years from fine chemicals to pharmaceutical giant

Gortler, Leon

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/126160

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Title
Merck in America: The first 70 years from fine chemicals to pharmaceutical giant
Author(s)
Gortler, Leon
Issue Date
2000-03-15
Keyword(s)
  • History
  • Chemistry
  • History Pharmaceutical Industry
Abstract
The history of the pharmaceutical company called Merck and Co. is presented. E. Merck was a German pharmaceutical company which established a sales office in New York in 1887 to protect its American interests and its good name. George Merck and Theodore Weicker established Merck and Co. Weicker later sold his share of the business to George Merck and the company went on to become a pharmaceutical giant.
Publisher
Division of the History of Chemistry
ISSN
1053-4385
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
article
Language
eng
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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/126160
DOI
https://doi.org/10.70359/bhc2000v025p001
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Copyright 2000 Division of the History of Chemistry

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Bulletin for the History of Chemistry: Volume 25, Number 1, 2000 PRIMARY