About our company
MSD Australia is more than just medicines, we invent for a more hopeful future.
We aspire to be the premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company in the world
For 130 years, MSD (known as Merck & Co in the U.S. and Canada) has been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world’s most challenging diseases in pursuit of our mission to save and improve lives.
We demonstrate our commitment to patients and population health by increasing access to health care through far-reaching policies, programs and partnerships.
Today, we continue to be at the forefront of research to prevent and treat diseases that threaten people and animals – including cancer, infectious diseases, such as HIV and Ebola, and emerging animal diseases.
The heart of our mission
We believe corporate responsibility is about our health, social, environmental and economic impact on people and communities in Australia and around the world.
The team that guides our work
Our leaders focus on our mission to save and improve lives around the world. This is the foundation of everything we do.
Our company by the numbers
employees globally
Culture & valuesresearch and development investment in 2020 across the globe
Our research
Patients first
We are all accountable for delivering high-quality products and services. We aspire to improve the health and wellness of people and animals in Australia and across the globe and to expand access to our medicines and vaccines. All of our actions must be measured against our responsibility to those who use or need our products.
Respect for people
Our ability to excel depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill, diversity, safety and teamwork of our employees. To this end, we are committed to creating an environment of mutual respect, inclusion and accountability. We want to bring out the best in our people and empower them to achieve their goals.
Ethics and integrity
We are committed to the highest standards of ethics and integrity. We believe in doing the right thing, because it's the right thing, not just because it makes good business sense. We have a responsibility not just to our shareholders, but to our patients, partners and employees as well as the environment and the communities we serve.
Innovation and scientific excellence
We are dedicated to innovation and scientific excellence. Our research is guided by our commitment to improving health and quality of life. We strive to identify the most critical needs of patients and customers, and through continuous innovation, we challenge ourselves to meet those needs.
Our values are driven by a desire to improve life
We’ve built a culture that embraces scientific excellence, operates with the highest standards of integrity, expands access to our products and employs a diverse workforce that values collaboration.
MSD Animal Health
MSD Animal Health is a research-driven company that develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of veterinary medicines and services.
We offer one of the industry’s most innovative portfolios, spanning products for the prevention, treatment and control of disease in all major farm and companion animal species.
Business partnerships and public policies keep our patients in focus
Business development & licensing
We work with partners, from early-stage science to clinical-stage programs, to deliver new therapies to patients.
Policies & positions
We support public policies that advance the interests of patients, improve public health and promote access to medicines and innovation.